--- title: Genesis 18:25 (JPS 1917) — That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous… · tree and pragmatics description: That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?' Who acts: That, righteous, judge. 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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 (That, righteous, judge), 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:467 # text = That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from Thee; shall not the judge of all the earth do justly?' 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 csubj _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wicked wicked NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 righteous righteous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wicked wicked NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 45 justly justly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=q, act=assert, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | That | | | Thee | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | after this manner | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **slay** | to-infinitive | | the righteous | | | | with the wicked | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent righteous=Patient with wicked=Instrument | | 4 | **is** | should | the righteous | | | | | as the wicked | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | that | | | Thee | | far *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **do** | shall | the judge of all earth | | | | | justly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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} חָלִ֨לָה לְּךָ֜ מֵעֲשֹׂ֣ת ׀ כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה לְהָמִ֤ית צַדִּיק֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע וְהָיָ֥ה כַצַּדִּ֖יק כָּרָשָׁ֑ע חָלִ֣לָה לָּ֔ךְ הֲשֹׁפֵט֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ [Genesis 18:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:467` 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 18:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.466/) - next →: [Genesis 18:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.468/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 18:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.25/)