--- title: Genesis 2:11 (JPS 1917) — The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the who… · tree and pragmatics description: The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; Who acts: name, that, gold. Genesis 2:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/2/) / [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.11/) / JPS 1 # Genesis 2:11 · JPS 1917 The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; **Who acts:** name, that, gold · **What happens:** be, compass · **To what, where:** Pishon, garden, whole land This is Genesis 2:11 · 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 (name, that, gold), 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:44 # text = The name of the first is Pishon; that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 Pishon Pishon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 parataxis _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 compasseth compass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Havilah Havilah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 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 a** | present | the name of the first | Pishon | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | that | garden | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **compass** | present | | the whole land of Havilah | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | present | gold | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} שֵׁ֥ם הָֽאֶחָ֖ד פִּישׁ֑וֹן ה֣וּא הַסֹּבֵ֗ב אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הַזָּהָֽב׃ [Genesis 2:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:44` 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 2:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.43/) - next →: [Genesis 2:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.45/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.11/)