--- title: Genesis 24:22 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man t… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; Who acts: journey, camels, man. 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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 (journey, camels, man), 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:642 # text = And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 drinking drink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 shekel shekel NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 bracelets bracelet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 shekels shekel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:unmarked _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **come** | past | journey | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | journey *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | the camels | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **drink** | gerund | the camels *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | past | the man | a golden ring of a half shekel weight | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ring=Theme bracelet=Destination | 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} וַיְהִ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר כִּלּ֤וּ הַגְּמַלִּים֙ לִשְׁתּ֔וֹת וַיִּקַּ֤ח הָאִישׁ֙ נֶ֣זֶם זָהָ֔ב בֶּ֖קַע מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵ֤י צְמִידִים֙ עַל־יָדֶ֔יהָ עֲשָׂרָ֥ה זָהָ֖ב מִשְׁקָלָֽם׃ [Genesis 24:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:642` 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 24:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.641/) - next →: [Genesis 24:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.643/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.22/)