--- title: Genesis 19:16 (JPS 1917) — But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the h… · tree and pragmatics description: But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. Who acts: Lot, men, LORD. 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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 (Lot, men, LORD), 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:494 # text = But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lingered linger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 34 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **linger** | past | Lot | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past | the men | hold | | Lot's hand | | upon the hand of Lot's wife and the hand of Lot's two daughters | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme upon hand=Destination | | 3 | **is** | gerund | the LORD | | | | | unto Lot; merciful *property* | 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} וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ ׀ וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֣וֹ וּבְיַד־אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּבְיַד֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו בְּחֶמְלַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ מִח֥וּץ לָעִֽיר׃ [Genesis 19:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.16/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him.** 2. [And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.495/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:494` 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 19:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.493/) - next →: [Genesis 19:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.495/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 19:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.16/)