--- title: Genesis 25:21 (JPS 1917) — And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; a… · tree and pragmatics description: And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. Who acts: Isaac, wife, LORD, 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 (Isaac, wife, LORD, 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:717 # text = And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD let Himself be entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 barren barren ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 entreated entreat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl:agent _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 Rebekah Rebekah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 . . 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 | **entreat** | past | Isaac | | the LORD | | | for Isaac's wife | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | wife | | | | | barren *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | past | the LORD | Isaac | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **entreat** | infinitive · passive | Isaac | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conceive** | past | Rebekah | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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} וַיֶּעְתַּ֨ר יִצְחָ֤ק לַֽיהוָה֙ לְנֹ֣כַח אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י עֲקָרָ֖ה הִ֑וא וַיֵּעָ֤תֶר לוֹ֙ יְהוָ֔ה וַתַּ֖הַר רִבְקָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 25:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:717` 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 25:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.716/) - next →: [Genesis 25:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.718/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 25:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.21/)