--- title: Genesis 21:12 (JPS 1917) — And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight beca… · tree and pragmatics description: And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee. Who acts: God, thing, Sarah, thy. 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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 (God, thing, Sarah, thy), 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:553 # text = And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 grievous grievous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 bondwoman bondwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 35 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 30 Sarah Sarah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | unto Abraham | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | thing | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **not** **is** | infinitive | thing *not said here* | | | thy sight | | because the lad and thy bondwoman; grievous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sarah | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 5 | **hearken** | infinitive | | | | all | | unto Isaac's voice | tree rules | | 6 | **call** | shall · passive | | seed | thee | Isaac | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to thou=Recipient | | 7 | **sight** | | thy | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֗ם אַל־יֵרַ֤ע בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ עַל־הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֛יךָ שָׂרָ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלָ֑הּ כִּ֣י בְיִצְחָ֔ק יִקָּרֵ֥א לְךָ֖ זָֽרַע׃ [Genesis 21:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:553` 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 21:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.552/) - next →: [Genesis 21:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.554/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.12/)