--- title: Genesis 19:5 (JPS 1917) — And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that… · tree and pragmatics description: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' Who acts: feet, men, we. 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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 (feet, men, we), 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:483 # text = And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Lot Lot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 25 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 out out ADV RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | unto Lot | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | unto Lot | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come in** | past | the men | | | thee | night | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thou=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bring out** | infinitive | | feet *= foot* | | | | unto us | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **know** | may | we | feet *= foot* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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} וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ אֶל־לוֹט֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ אַיֵּ֧ה הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַלָּ֑יְלָה הוֹצִיאֵ֣ם אֵלֵ֔ינוּ וְנֵדְעָ֖ה אֹתָֽם׃ [Genesis 19:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:483` 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 19:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.482/) - next →: [Genesis 19:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.484/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 19:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.5/)