--- title: Genesis 18:21 (JPS 1917) — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether accord… · tree and pragmatics description: I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.' Who acts: I, men, cry. 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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 (I, men, cry), 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:463 # text = I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 13 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | future | I | | | | now | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | men *= man* | | | | | accord the cry of cry; altogether *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | present · passive | | the cry of cry | | | | unto Me | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **not** **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cry** | | cry | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=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} אֵֽרֲדָה־נָּ֣א וְאֶרְאֶ֔ה הַכְּצַעֲקָתָ֛הּ הַבָּ֥אָה אֵלַ֖י עָשׂ֣וּ ׀ כָּלָ֑ה וְאִם־לֹ֖א אֵדָֽעָה׃ [Genesis 18:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:463` 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 18:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.462/) - next →: [Genesis 18:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.464/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.21/)