--- title: Genesis 13:9 (JPS 1917) — Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, fr… · tree and pragmatics description: Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.' Who acts: you, I, thou. 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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, I, thou), 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:343 # text = Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.' 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod _ _ 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 9 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 19 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 21 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | | the whole land | | | before thee | | tree rules | | 2 | **separate** | imperative | you *not said here* | thyself | | | | from me | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient from i=Co-Patient | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | the left hand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 5 | **go** | future | I | | | the right | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to right=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | the right hand | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 7 | **go** | future | I | | | the left | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to left=Initial\_Location | 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} הֲלֹ֤א כָל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הִפָּ֥רֶד נָ֖א מֵעָלָ֑י אִם־הַשְּׂמֹ֣אל וְאֵימִ֔נָה וְאִם־הַיָּמִ֖ין וְאַשְׂמְאִֽילָה׃ [Genesis 13:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:343` 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 13:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.342/) - next →: [Genesis 13:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.344/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.9/)