--- title: Genesis 24:48 (JPS 1917) — And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before the LORD, and bles… · tree and pragmatics description: And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. Who acts: I, LORD. 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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, LORD), 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:673 # text = And I bowed my head, and prostrated myself before the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 prostrated prostrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obj _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **bow** | past | I | my head | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 2 | **prostrate** | past | I *not said here* | myself | | | before the LORD | | tree rules | | 3 | **bless** | past | I *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | past · perfect | the LORD | me | | the right way | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme in way=Destination | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | my master's brother's daughter | | | | for master's son | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme for son=Beneficiary | 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} וָאֶקֹּ֥ד וָֽאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה לַיהוָ֑ה וָאֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִנְחַ֙נִי֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אֱמֶ֔ת לָקַ֛חַת אֶת־בַּת־אֲחִ֥י אֲדֹנִ֖י לִבְנֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 24:48: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.48/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:673` 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 24:47 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.672/) - next →: [Genesis 24:49 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.674/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.48/)