--- title: Genesis 25:23 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peo… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. Who acts: LORD, Two nations, one people, elder. 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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 (LORD, Two nations, one people, elder), 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:719 # text = And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bowels bowel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 conj _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 younger younger NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | Two nations | | | thy womb | | | tree rules | | 3 | **separate** | shall · passive | | two peoples | | | | from thy bowels | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from bowel=Co-Patient | | 4 | **is** | shall | the one people | | | | | than the other people; strong *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **serve** | shall | the elder | the younger | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent younger=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה לָ֗הּ שְׁנֵ֤י גוֹיִם֙ בְּבִטְנֵ֔ךְ וּשְׁנֵ֣י לְאֻמִּ֔ים מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְ יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ וּלְאֹם֙ מִלְאֹ֣ם יֶֽאֱמָ֔ץ וְרַ֖ב יַעֲבֹ֥ד צָעִֽיר׃ [Genesis 25:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:719` 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 25:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.718/) - next →: [Genesis 25:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.720/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 25:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.25.23/)