--- title: Genesis 26:28 (JPS 1917) — And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we s… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; Who acts: servants, We, LORD, oath. 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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 (servants, We, LORD, oath), 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:764 # text = And they said: 'We saw plainly that the LORD was with thee; and we said: Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 ccomp _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 22 now now ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 26 betwixt betwixt ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 betwixt betwixt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | past | We | | | | | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | the LORD | | | | | with thee | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | we | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | infinitive | a oath betwixt us | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **betwixt** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | us *not said here* | a covenant | | | | with thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset covenant=Product | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ רָא֣וֹ רָאִינוּ֮ כִּֽי־הָיָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה ׀ עִמָּךְ֒ וַנֹּ֗אמֶר תְּהִ֨י נָ֥א אָלָ֛ה בֵּינוֹתֵ֖ינוּ בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ וּבֵינֶ֑ךָ וְנִכְרְתָ֥ה בְרִ֖ית עִמָּֽךְ׃ [Genesis 26:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:764` 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 26:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.763/) - next →: [Genesis 26:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.765/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.28/)