--- title: Genesis 24:33 (JPS 1917) — And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: 'I will not e… · tree and pragmatics description: And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: 'I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.' And he said: 'Speak on.' Who acts: Laban, I. 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And he said: 'Speak on.' **Who acts:** Laban, I · **What happens:** set, eat, say, not eat, tell, speak on · **To what, where:** food, errand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 24:33 · 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 (Laban, I), 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:654 # text = And there was set food before him to eat; but he said: 'I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.' And he said: 'Speak on.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 on on ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · passive | | food | | there | before Laban | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before he=Destination | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | food *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Laban | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **eat** | future | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | mine errand | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent errand=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Laban | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **speak on** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} וַיּוּשַׂ֤ם לְפָנָיו֙ לֶאֱכֹ֔ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֹכַ֔ל עַ֥ד אִם־דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי דְּבָרָ֑י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר דַּבֵּֽר׃ [Genesis 24:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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