--- title: Genesis 19:34 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Who acts: wine, I. 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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 (wine, I), 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:514 # text = And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 csubj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 younger younger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 21 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 24 discourse _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 25 yesternight yesternight NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | wine | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | wine *not said here* | | | the morrow | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on morrow=Location | | 3 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | unto the younger | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **lie** | past | I | yesternight | | | | with my father | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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} וַֽיְהִי֙ מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הַבְּכִירָה֙ אֶל־הַצְּעִירָ֔ה הֵן־שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי אֶ֖מֶשׁ אֶת־אָבִ֑י נַשְׁקֶ֨נּוּ יַ֜יִן גַּם־הַלַּ֗יְלָה וּבֹ֙אִי֙ שִׁכְבִ֣י עִמּ֔וֹ וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה מֵאָבִ֖ינוּ זָֽרַע׃ [Genesis 19:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.34/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father.** 2. [Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.515/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:514` 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 19:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.513/) - next →: [Genesis 19:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.515/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 19:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.19.34/)