--- title: Genesis 22:2 (JPS 1917) — And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, ev… · tree and pragmatics description: And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.' Who acts: God, thou, 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 (God, thou, 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:577 # text = And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 lovest love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Moriah Moriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 iobj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' 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 | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | | thy son | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination | | 3 | **love** | present | thou | thine only son | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | | thee | | the land of Moriah | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 5 | **offer** | infinitive | | God | | there | | for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent he=Theme for offering=Goal | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | thee | | | of the mountains | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | 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} וַיֹּ֡אמֶר קַח־נָ֠א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֨אֶת־יְחִֽידְךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר־אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֔ק וְלֶךְ־לְךָ֔ אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽהָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ [Genesis 22:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:577` 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 22:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.576/) - next →: [Genesis 22:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.578/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.2/)