--- title: Genesis 14:14 (JPS 1917) — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led fort… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. Who acts: Abram. 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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 (Abram), 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:366 # text = And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 Abram Abram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 10 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 trained train VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 compound _ _ 25 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 appos _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Abram | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** | past · passive | | Abram's brother | | | | captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **lead** | past | Abram | Abram's trained men | | | | forth *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **train** | participle | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bear** | participle | | Abram's trained men *not said here* | | Abram's house | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **pursue** | past | Abram *not said here* | | | | | far *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: 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} וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אָחִ֑יו וַיָּ֨רֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָ֜יו יְלִידֵ֣י בֵית֗וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף עַד־דָּֽן׃ [Genesis 14:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:366` 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 14:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.365/) - next →: [Genesis 14:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.367/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 14:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.14/)