--- title: Genesis 16:8 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whith… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' Who acts: angel, thou, Abram, I. 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And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' **Who acts:** angel, thou, Abram, I · **What happens:** say, come, go, flee · **To what, where:** face · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 16:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (angel, thou, Abram, I), 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:405 # text = And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?' And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.' 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Hagar Hagar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 vocative _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 Sarai Sarai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 camest come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 flee flee VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 Sarai Sarai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=wh, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | angel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | thou | | | | | Hagar *vocative*; whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present | thou | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abram | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **flee** | present | I | | | the face of my mistress | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from face=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיֹּאמַ֗ר הָגָ֞ר שִׁפְחַ֥ת שָׂרַ֛י אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה בָ֖את וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֑כִי וַתֹּ֕אמֶר מִפְּנֵי֙ שָׂרַ֣י גְּבִרְתִּ֔י אָנֹכִ֖י בֹּרַֽחַת׃ [Genesis 16:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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