--- title: Genesis 15:1 (JPS 1917) — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,… · tree and pragmatics description: After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' Who acts: word, I, reward, thy. 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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 (word, I, reward, thy), 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:377 # text = After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.' 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Abram Abram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Abram Abram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 vocative _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 exceeding exceeding ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=0, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the word of the LORD | | | a vision | after this things | unto Abram | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vision=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the word of the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | | | | | | Abram *vocative* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | thy shield | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | shall | thy reward | | | | | exceeding, great *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **reward** | | thy | | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=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} אַחַ֣ר ׀ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הָיָ֤ה דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם בַּֽמַּחֲזֶ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אַל־תִּירָ֣א אַבְרָ֗ם אָנֹכִי֙ מָגֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ [Genesis 15:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:377` 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 14:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.376/) - next →: [Genesis 15:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.378/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.15.1/)