--- title: Genesis 24:7 (JPS 1917) — The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. 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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 (LORD, I, Abraham, 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:627 # text = The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke unto me, and who swore unto me, saying: Unto thy seed will I give this land; He will send His angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 nativity nativity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 Unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 52 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 before before ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 59 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 for for ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 66 from from ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 thence thence ADV RB _ 60 obl _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## 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 | **take** | past | the LORD | me | | my father's house | | from the land of my nativity | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | unto me | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **swear** | past | | | | | | unto me | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | future | I | this land | | | | unto thy seed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 6 | **send** | future | Abraham | Abraham's angel | | | before thee | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Theme | | 7 | **take** | shall | thou | a wife | | | | for my son | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent wife=Theme for son=Asset from thence=Source | 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} יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר לְקָחַ֜נִי מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֮ וּמֵאֶ֣רֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתִּי֒ וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּר־לִ֜י וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ אֶתֵּ֖ן אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את ה֗וּא יִשְׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכוֹ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ אִשָּׁ֛ה לִבְנִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃ [Genesis 24:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:627` 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 24:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.626/) - next →: [Genesis 24:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.628/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.7/)