--- title: Genesis 2:5 (JPS 1917) — No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field… · tree and pragmatics description: No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; Who acts: shrub, herb, LORD God, man. 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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 (shrub, herb, LORD God, man), 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:38 # text = No shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground; 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 shrub shrub NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 yet yet ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 herb herb NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sprung spring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 rain rain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 there there PRON EX _ 39 expl _ _ 39 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 till till VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 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 | **is** | past | no shrub of the field | | | the earth | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **spring up** | past · perfect | no herb of the field | | | | yet | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **cause** | past · perfect | the LORD God | herb | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rain** | to-infinitive | herb *not said here* | | | | | upon the earth | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 5 | **not** **be** | past | a man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **till** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | the ground | | | | | 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} וְכֹ֣ל ׀ שִׂ֣יחַ הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה טֶ֚רֶם יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֔רֶץ וְכָל־עֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה טֶ֣רֶם יִצְמָ֑ח כִּי֩ לֹ֨א הִמְטִ֜יר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאָדָ֣ם אַ֔יִן לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־הָֽאֲדָמָֽה׃ [Genesis 2:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:38` 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 2:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.37/) - next →: [Genesis 2:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.39/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.5/)