--- title: Genesis 13:14 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him:… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward; Who acts: LORD. 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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), 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:348 # text = And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward; 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Abram Abram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 Lot Lot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 now now ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 northward northward ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 southward southward ADV RB _ 32 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 eastward eastward ADV RB _ 32 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 westward westward ADV RB _ 32 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | | | | | unto Abram | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **separate** | past · passive | | Lot | | | | from LORD | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from he=Co-Patient | | 3 | **lift up** | infinitive | | thine eyes | | | now | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 4 | **look** | infinitive | | | | | | northward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | the place | | | tree rules | 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} וַֽיהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃ [Genesis 13:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:348` 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 13:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.347/) - next →: [Genesis 13:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.349/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 13:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.14/)