--- title: Genesis 19:13 (JPS 1917) — for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed gre… · tree and pragmatics description: for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.' Who acts: we, cry, LORD, men. 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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 (we, cry, LORD, men), 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:491 # text = for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.' 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 waxed wax VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 16 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **destroy** | future | we | this place | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 2 | **wax** | present · passive | the cry of men | | | | before the LORD | great *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before lord=Location | | 3 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | us | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 4 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | place | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **cry** | | men *= man* | | | | | | 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} כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־גָֽדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃ [Genesis 19:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:491` 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 19:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.490/) - next →: [Genesis 19:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.492/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.13/)