--- title: Genesis 1:28 (JPS 1917) — And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and mult… · tree and pragmatics description: And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' Who acts: God, living thing. 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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 (God, living 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:29 # text = And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 multiply multiply VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 replenish replenish VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 subdue subdue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 over over ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 49 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 creepeth creep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** | past | God | cattle | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | unto cattle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | fruitful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **multiply** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **replenish** | infinitive | | the earth | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Destination | | 6 | **subdue** | infinitive | | earth | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **have** | infinitive | | dominion | | | | over the fish of the sea and the fowl of the air and every living thing | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Patient | | 8 | **creep** | present | every living thing | | | the earth | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon earth=Trajectory | 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} וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכִבְשֻׁ֑הָ וּרְד֞וּ בִּדְגַ֤ת הַיָּם֙ וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּ֖ה הָֽרֹמֶ֥שֶׂת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Genesis 1:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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