--- title: Genesis 24:45 (JPS 1917) — And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came for… · tree and pragmatics description: And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. Who acts: I, Rebekah. 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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 (I, Rebekah), 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:666 # text = And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 6 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 Rebekah Rebekah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 forth forth ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | to my heart | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to heart=Co-Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | Rebekah | | | Rebekah's shoulder | | with Rebekah's pitcher; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | | 4 | **go down** | past | Rebekah | | | | | unto the fountain; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **draw** | past | Rebekah *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «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} אֲנִי֩ טֶ֨רֶם אֲכַלֶּ֜ה לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־לִבִּ֗י וְהִנֵּ֨ה רִבְקָ֤ה יֹצֵאת֙ וְכַדָּ֣הּ עַל־שִׁכְמָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יְנָה וַתִּשְׁאָ֑ב וָאֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יהָ הַשְׁקִ֥ינִי נָֽא׃ [Genesis 24:45: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.45/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And before I had done speaking to my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew.** 2. [And I said unto her: Let me drink, I pray thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.667/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:666` 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 24:44 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.665/) - next →: [Genesis 24:45 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.667/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.45/)