--- title: Genesis 3:22 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to k… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.' Who acts: LORD God, man, God. 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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 (LORD God, man, God), 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:83 # text = And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 4 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 become become VERB VBN VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 put put VERB VBD Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 forth forth ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 ever ever ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD God | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **become** | present · passive | the man | | | | | as one of us | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | good and evil | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 4 | **put** | past | God | God's hand | | | now | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | of the tree of life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of tree=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **eat** | infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **live** | infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים הֵ֤ן הָֽאָדָם֙ הָיָה֙ כְּאַחַ֣ד מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לָדַ֖עַת ט֣וֹב וָרָ֑ע וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ פֶּן־יִשְׁלַ֣ח יָד֗וֹ וְלָקַח֙ גַּ֚ם מֵעֵ֣ץ הַֽחַיִּ֔ים וְאָכַ֖ל וָחַ֥י לְעֹלָֽם׃ [Genesis 3:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:83` 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 3:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.82/) - next →: [Genesis 3:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.84/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.22/)