--- title: Genesis 23:11 (JPS 1917) — 'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.' Who acts: you, I, cave. 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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 (you, I, cave), 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:611 # text = 'Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee; bury thy dead.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 2 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 12 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 iobj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 therein therein ADV RB _ 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 iobj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 iobj _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 dead dead NOUN NN Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | | | my lord *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | present | I | the field | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient field=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | the cave | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | present | I | the cave | thee | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | present | I | cave | thee | the presence of the sons of my people | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient it=Theme | | 6 | **bury** | infinitive | | thy dead | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme | 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} לֹֽא־אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי הַשָּׂדֶה֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לָ֔ךְ וְהַמְּעָרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֖וֹ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֑יהָ לְעֵינֵ֧י בְנֵי־עַמִּ֛י נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ קְבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃ [Genesis 23:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:611` 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 23:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.610/) - next →: [Genesis 23:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.612/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.11/)