--- title: Genesis 16:13 (JPS 1917) — And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art a… · tree and pragmatics description: And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art a God of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?' Who acts: Abram, LORD, Thou, God. 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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 (Abram, LORD, Thou, God), 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:410 # text = And she called the name of the LORD that spoke unto her, Thou art a God of seeing; for she said: 'Have I even here seen Him that seeth Me?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 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 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 26 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 ccomp _ _ 31 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: express - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=express | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Abram | the name of the LORD | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Abram | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | Thou | a God | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | gerund | a God *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abram | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | present · perfect | I | LORD | | here | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** | present | | Me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 8 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַתִּקְרָ֤א שֵׁם־יְהוָה֙ הַדֹּבֵ֣ר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל רֳאִ֑י כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֗ה הֲגַ֥ם הֲלֹ֛ם רָאִ֖יתִי אַחֲרֵ֥י רֹאִֽי׃ [Genesis 16:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:410` 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 16:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.409/) - next →: [Genesis 16:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.411/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.13/)