--- title: Genesis 19:2 (JPS 1917) — and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into you… · tree and pragmatics description: and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.' And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.' Who acts: Lot, I, ye, feet. 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And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.' **Who acts:** Lot, I, ye, feet, we · **What happens:** say, turn, pray, tarry, wash, rise up · **To what, where:** you, house, feet, way, broad place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 19:2 · 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 (Lot, I, ye, feet), 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:480 # text = and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.' And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 vocative _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 13 aside aside ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 tarry tarry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 59 discourse _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 65 det _ _ 65 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl:unmarked _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=offer, form=decl, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lot | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **turn** | infinitive | | | | | now | my lords *vocative*; aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | you | | your servant's house | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tarry** | infinitive | | | | | night | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **wash** | infinitive | | your feet | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 6 | **rise up** | shall | ye | | | | | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | your way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **abide** | future | we | | | the broad place | night | | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּ֜אמֶר הִנֶּ֣ה נָּא־אֲדֹנַ֗י ס֣וּרוּ נָ֠א אֶל־בֵּ֨ית עַבְדְּכֶ֤ם וְלִ֙ינוּ֙ וְרַחֲצ֣וּ רַגְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֣םלְדַרְכְּכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לֹּ֔א כִּ֥י בָרְח֖וֹב נָלִֽין׃ [Genesis 19:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:480` 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 19:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.479/) - next →: [Genesis 19:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.481/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.2/)