--- title: Genesis 11:6 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all o… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. Who acts: LORD, children, this. 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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, children, this), 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:284 # text = And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 7 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 conj _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 begin begin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 withholden withholden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 purpose purpose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | children *= child* | one people | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | children *= child* | all one language | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | present | children *= child* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **withholden** | future · passive | | nothing | | | now | from children *= child* | tree rules | | 8 | **purpose** *speech: other* | present | children *= child* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **do** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה הֵ֣ן עַ֤ם אֶחָד֙ וְשָׂפָ֤ה אַחַת֙ לְכֻלָּ֔ם וְזֶ֖ה הַחִלָּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְעַתָּה֙ לֹֽא־יִבָּצֵ֣ר מֵהֶ֔ם כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָזְמ֖וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ [Genesis 11:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:284` 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 11:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.283/) - next →: [Genesis 11:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.285/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.11.6/)