--- title: Genesis 24:5 (JPS 1917) — And the servant said unto him: 'Peradventure the woman will not be w… · tree and pragmatics description: And the servant said unto him: 'Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?' Who acts: servant, woman, I, thou. 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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 (servant, woman, I, thou), 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:625 # text = And the servant said unto him: 'Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land; must I needs bring thy son back unto the land from whence thou camest?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 15 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 needs needs ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 from from ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 whence whence ADV RB _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 camest come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the servant | | | | | unto Isaac | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** | future | the woman | | | | | peradventure, willing *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the woman *not said here* | me | | | | unto this land | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **bring back** | must | I | | thy son | | | unto the land; needs *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination | | 5 | **come** | past | thou | the land *not said here* | | | | from *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location land=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד אוּלַי֙ לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה לָלֶ֥כֶת אַחֲרַ֖י אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב אָשִׁיב֙ אֶת־בִּנְךָ֔ אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥אתָ מִשָּֽׁם׃ [Genesis 24:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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