--- title: Genesis 2:19 (JPS 1917) — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field,… · tree and pragmatics description: And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof. Who acts: LORD God, God, man, that. 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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 (LORD God, God, man, that), 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:53 # text = And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them; and whatsoever the man would call every living creature, that was to be the name thereof. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 out out ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 fowl fowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 advcl _ _ 53 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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 | **form** | past | the LORD God | every beast of the field and every fowl of the air | | the ground | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beast=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | the LORD God *not said here* | beast | | | | unto the man | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the LORD God *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **call** | would | God | beast | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme they=Result | | 5 | **call** | would | the man | every living creature | | | | whatsoever *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent creature=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | that | the name | | | | thereof *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} וַיִּצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָ֗ה כָּל־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיָּבֵא֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לִרְא֖וֹת מַה־יִּקְרָא־ל֑וֹ וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקְרָא־ל֧וֹ הָֽאָדָ֛ם נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה ה֥וּא שְׁמֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 2:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:53` 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 2:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.52/) - next →: [Genesis 2:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.54/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.2.19/)