--- title: Genesis 23:17 (JPS 1917) — So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mam… · tree and pragmatics description: So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure Who acts: field, cave, trees. 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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 (field, cave, trees), 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:617 # text = So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure 1 So so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ephron Ephron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Machpelah Machpelah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Mamre Mamre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 therein therein ADV RB _ 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ _ 43 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 round round ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 49 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ ``` ## 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 | **is** | past | the field of Ephron and the cave | | | Machpelah | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the field of Ephron and the cave | | | | before Mamre | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the cave | | | | | therein *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | all trees | | | the field | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the field | | | all border | | thereof *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past · passive | | the field of Ephron and the cave | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} וַיָּ֣קָם ׀ שְׂדֵ֣ה עֶפְר֗וֹן אֲשֶׁר֙ בַּמַּכְפֵּלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י מַמְרֵ֑א הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְהַמְּעָרָ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֔וֹ וְכָל־הָעֵץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּכָל־גְּבֻל֖וֹ סָבִֽיב׃ [Genesis 23:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:617` 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 23:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.616/) - next →: [Genesis 23:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.618/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.17/)