--- title: Genesis 8:21 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His hear… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 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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 (LORD, I, imagination, thing), 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:216 # text = And the LORD smelled the sweet savour; and the LORD said in His heart: 'I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 smelled smell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 any any ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 49 cc _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 50 any any ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 52 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 53 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 54 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 acl _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | past | the LORD | the sweet savour | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer savour=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | LORD's heart | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **curse** | future | I | the ground | | | again | for man's sake | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent ground=Theme for sake=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | present | the imagination of man's heart | | | LORD's youth | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **smite** | future | I | every thing | | | again | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thing=Experiencer | | 6 | **live** | gerund | every thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **imagine** | | | man's heart | | | | | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיָּ֣רַח יְהוָה֮ אֶת־רֵ֣יחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־אֹ֠סִף לְקַלֵּ֨ל ע֤וֹד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּעֲב֣וּר הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע מִנְּעֻרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֛וֹד לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־כָּל־חַ֖י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִֽׂיתִי׃ [Genesis 8:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:216` 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 8:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.215/) - next →: [Genesis 8:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.217/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.21/)