--- title: Genesis 16:11 (JPS 1917) — And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with chil… · tree and pragmatics description: And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Who acts: angel, thou, LORD, 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 (angel, thou, LORD, 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:408 # text = And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 12 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 15 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 Ishmael Ishmael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the angel of the LORD | | | | | unto Abram | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | thou | | | | | with child | tree rules | | 3 | **bear** | shall | thou *not said here* | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 4 | **call** | shall | thou | angel's name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect | the LORD | thy affliction | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer affliction=Stimulus | | 6 | **name** | | angel | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **afflict** | | thy | | | | | | nom affliction «state 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הִנָּ֥ךְ הָרָ֖ה וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ בֵּ֑ן וְקָרָ֤את שְׁמוֹ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־עָנְיֵֽךְ׃ [Genesis 16:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:408` 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 16:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.407/) - next →: [Genesis 16:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.409/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 16:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.11/)