--- title: Genesis 8:17 (JPS 1917) — Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all fl… · tree and pragmatics description: Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.' Who acts: you, that, creeping thing, cattle. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, that, creeping thing, cattle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:GEN:212 # text = Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.' 1 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 forth forth ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 obl _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 both both CCONJ CC _ 17 cc:preconj _ _ 17 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 24 creeping creep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 creepeth creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 swarm swarm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 multiply multiply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | every living thing and every creeping thing | | | | with thee; forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | with thee; of all flesh both fowl and cattle | tree rules | | 3 | **creep** | past | every creeping thing | | | the earth | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon earth=Trajectory | | 4 | **swarm** | may | cattle | | | the earth | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in earth=Location | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | cattle *not said here* | | | | | fruitful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **multiply** | infinitive | cattle *not said here* | | | | | upon the earth | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} כָּל־הַחַיָּ֨ה אֲשֶֽׁר־אִתְּךָ֜ מִכָּל־בָּשָׂ֗ר בָּע֧וֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּבְכָל־הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ הַיְצֵ֣א אִתָּ֑ךְ וְשָֽׁרְצ֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ וּפָר֥וּ וְרָב֖וּ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Genesis 8:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:212` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Genesis 8:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.211/) - next →: [Genesis 8:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.213/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.17/)