--- title: Genesis 24:14 (JPS 1917) — So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let dow… · tree and pragmatics description: So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast sho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.634/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/24/) / [24:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.14/) / JPS 1 # Genesis 24:14 · JPS 1917 So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.' **Who acts:** you, water, I, damsel, same, Thou · **What happens:** let, come, pass, say, let down, pray · **To what, where:** damsel, pitcher, thee, same, kindness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 24:14 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, water, I, damsel), 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:634 # text = So let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say: Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also; let the same be she that Thou hast appointed for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and thereby shall I know that Thou hast shown kindness unto my master.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 18 down down ADV RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 44 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 obj _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 xcomp _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 53 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 even even ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 66 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 69 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 70 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 72 nsubj _ _ 71 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 68 ccomp _ _ 73 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 74 unto unto ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 78 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | to-infinitive | water | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | I | | the damsel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to whom=Recipient | | 5 | **let down** | infinitive | the damsel | thy pitcher | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitcher=Theme | | 6 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** | may | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | damsel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **drink** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **give** | future | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **drink** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **let** | infinitive | | the same | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Theme | | 13 | **is a** | infinitive | the same *not said here* | damsel | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **appoint** | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | for Thy servant; for Isaac | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 15 | **know** | shall | I | | | | | thereby *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 16 | **show** | present · perfect | Thou | kindness | | | | unto my master | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=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} וְהָיָ֣ה הַֽנַּעֲרָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֹמַ֤ר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ הַטִּי־נָ֤א כַדֵּךְ֙ וְאֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה וְאָמְרָ֣ה שְׁתֵ֔ה וְגַם־גְּמַלֶּ֖יךָ אַשְׁקֶ֑ה אֹתָ֤הּ הֹכַ֙חְתָּ֙ לְעַבְדְּךָ֣ לְיִצְחָ֔ק וּבָ֣הּ אֵדַ֔ע כִּי־עָשִׂ֥יתָ חֶ֖סֶד עִם־אֲדֹנִֽי׃ [Genesis 24:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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