--- title: Genesis 27:1 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him: 'My son'; and he said unto him: 'Here am I.' Who acts: Isaac, eyes, I.. 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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, eyes, I.), 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:773 # text = And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him: 'My son'; and he said unto him: 'Here am I.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 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 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 28 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 39 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 ccomp _ _ 51 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 52 I. I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 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 | | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Isaac | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Isaac's eyes | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **see** | could | Isaac | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **call** | past | Isaac | Esau | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent esau=Theme son=Result | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac *not said here* | | | | | unto Isaac | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac | | | | | unto Esau | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | I. | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ עֵינָ֖יו מֵרְאֹ֑ת וַיִּקְרָ֞א אֶת־עֵשָׂ֣ו ׀ בְּנ֣וֹ הַגָּדֹ֗ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ בְּנִ֔י וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו הִנֵּֽנִי׃ [Genesis 27:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:773` 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 26:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.772/) - next →: [Genesis 27:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.774/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 27:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.1/)