--- title: Genesis 27:36 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?' Who acts: Esau, thou, my. 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And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?' **Who acts:** Esau, thou, my · **What happens:** say, not name, supplant, take away, not reserve, bless · **To what, where:** Esau, me, birthright, blessing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 27:36 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, thou, my), 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:813 # text = And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 6 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 11 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 supplanted supplant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 birthright birthright NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 behold behold INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 conj _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 46 Hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 ccomp _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=disagree | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esau | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **name** | present · passive | | Esau | | | | rightly *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **supplant** | present · perfect | Esau | me | | | time | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme | | 4 | **take away** | past | Esau | my birthright | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthright=Theme | | 5 | **take away** | present · perfect | Esau | my blessing | | | now | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Esau | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **reserve** | present · perfect | thou | a blessing | | | | for me | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent blessing=Theme for i=Beneficiary | | 8 | **bless** | | my | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הֲכִי֩ קָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ זֶ֣ה פַעֲמַ֔יִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִ֣י לָקָ֔ח וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה לָקַ֣ח בִּרְכָתִ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הֲלֹא־אָצַ֥לְתָּ לִּ֖י בְּרָכָֽה׃ [Genesis 27:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:813` 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 27:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.812/) - next →: [Genesis 27:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.814/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 27:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.36/)