--- title: Genesis 13:10 (JPS 1917) — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. Who acts: Lot, plain, LORD, 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 (Lot, plain, LORD, 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:344 # text = And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Lot Lot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 21 watered water VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 29 Sodom Sodom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Gomorrah Gomorrah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 like like ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Zoar Zoar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | past | Lot | Lot's eyes | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | Lot *not said here* | all plain of the Jordan | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plain=Stimulus | | 3 | **water** | past · passive | all plain of the Jordan *not said here* | plain | | | | like the garden of the LORD; like the land of Egypt; well *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **destroy** | past | the LORD | Sodom and Gomorrah | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sodom=Patient | | 5 | **go** | present | thou | | | | | unto Zoar | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֣וֹט אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י כֻלָּ֖הּ מַשְׁקֶ֑ה לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ שַׁחֵ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־סְדֹם֙ וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔ה כְּגַן־יְהוָה֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בֹּאֲכָ֖ה צֹֽעַר׃ [Genesis 13:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:344` 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 13:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.343/) - next →: [Genesis 13:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.345/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 13:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.10/)