--- title: Genesis 16:4 (JPS 1917) — And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that… · tree and pragmatics description: And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. Who acts: Sarai, Hagar. 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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 (Sarai, Hagar), 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:401 # text = And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Hagar Hagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 conceived conceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 . . 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 | **go in** | past | Sarai | | | | | unto Hagar | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **conceive** | past | Hagar | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | Hagar | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **conceive** | past · perfect | Hagar | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **despise** | past · passive | | Hagar's mistress | | Hagar's eyes | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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} וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־הָגָ֖ר וַתַּ֑הַר וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ כִּ֣י הָרָ֔תָה וַתֵּקַ֥ל גְּבִרְתָּ֖הּ בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ׃ [Genesis 16:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:401` 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 16:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.400/) - next →: [Genesis 16:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.402/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.4/)