--- title: Genesis 27:34 (JPS 1917) — When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding… · tree and pragmatics description: When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.' Who acts: Esau. 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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 (Esau), 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:811 # text = When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his father: 'Bless me, even me also, O my father.' 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of 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 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 14 exceeding exceeding ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 conj _ _ 18 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 conj _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 O o INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 vocative _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Esau | the words of Esau's father | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Esau | | | | | with a great cry | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with cry=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esau *not said here* | | | | | unto Esau's father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bless** | infinitive | | me | | | | my father *vocative* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **word** | | | Esau's father | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} כִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ עֵשָׂו֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י אָבִ֔יו וַיִּצְעַ֣ק צְעָקָ֔ה גְּדֹלָ֥ה וּמָרָ֖ה עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְאָבִ֔יו בָּרֲכֵ֥נִי גַם־אָ֖נִי אָבִֽי׃ [Genesis 27:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:811` 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 27:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.810/) - next →: [Genesis 27:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.812/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 27:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.34/)