--- title: Genesis 19:8 (JPS 1917) — Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.' Who acts: I, two daughters, me, ye. 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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, two daughters, me, ye), 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:486 # text = Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.' 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 now now ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 advcl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 43 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 44 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 43 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 forasmuch forasmuch SCONJ RB _ 47 fixed _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 51 under under ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | two daughters | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | two daughters | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring out** | infinitive | me | men *= man* | | | | unto you | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **do** | infinitive | ye | | men *= man* | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | ye *not said here* | | | your eyes | | good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | present | | nothing | | | | unto this men | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 9 | **come** | present · passive | men *= man* | | | the shadow of my roof | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under shadow=Location | | 10 | **shadow** | | | my roof | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} הִנֵּה־נָ֨א לִ֜י שְׁתֵּ֣י בָנ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יָדְעוּ֙ אִ֔ישׁ אוֹצִֽיאָה־נָּ֤א אֶתְהֶן֙ אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וַעֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֔ן כַּטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם רַ֠ק לָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָאֵל֙ אַל־תַּעֲשׂ֣וּ דָבָ֔ר כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן בָּ֖אוּ בְּצֵ֥ל קֹרָתִֽי׃ [Genesis 19:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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