--- title: Genesis 26:32 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and to… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him: 'We have found water.' Who acts: peace, servants, We. 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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 (peace, servants, We), 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:768 # text = And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him: 'We have found water.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 concerning concern VERB VBG _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 digged dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 33 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | peace | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | peace *not said here* | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | Isaac's servants | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac's servants *not said here* | | Isaac | | | concern the well | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **concern** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **dig** | past · perfect | servants *= servant* | the well | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac's servants *not said here* | | | | | unto Isaac | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **find** | present · perfect | We | water | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic | 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} וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י יִצְחָ֔ק וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ עַל־אֹד֥וֹת הַבְּאֵ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָפָ֑רוּ וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ מָצָ֥אנוּ מָֽיִם׃ [Genesis 26:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:768` 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 26:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.767/) - next →: [Genesis 26:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.769/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.32/)