--- title: Genesis 3:6 (JPS 1917) — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Who acts: woman, tree, husband. 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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 (woman, tree, husband), 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:66 # text = And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obj _ _ 35 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 51 also also ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the woman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the tree | | | | | for food; good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | tree | a delight | | | | to the eyes | tree rules | | 4 | **desire** | past · passive | | the tree | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | one | | | | wise *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product | | 6 | **take** | past | woman | | | | | of the fruit; thereof *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of fruit=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **eat** | past · do-support | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **give** | past | woman | | | | | unto woman's husband; with serpent | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **eat** | past · do-support | husband | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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} וַתֵּ֣רֶא הָֽאִשָּׁ֡ה כִּ֣י טוֹב֩ הָעֵ֨ץ לְמַאֲכָ֜ל וְכִ֧י תַֽאֲוָה־ה֣וּא לָעֵינַ֗יִם וְנֶחְמָ֤ד הָעֵץ֙ לְהַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַתִּקַּ֥ח מִפִּרְי֖וֹ וַתֹּאכַ֑ל וַתִּתֵּ֧ן גַּם־לְאִישָׁ֛הּ עִמָּ֖הּ וַיֹּאכַֽל׃ [Genesis 3:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:66` 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 3:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.65/) - next →: [Genesis 3:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.67/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.6/)