--- title: Genesis 28:6 (JPS 1917) — Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padda… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan'; Who acts: Esau, Isaac, Thou. 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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, Isaac, Thou), 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:831 # text = Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying: 'Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan'; 1 Now now ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Esau Esau PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 Paddan Paddan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 16 aram aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 thence thence ADV RB _ 19 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 41 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Esau | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **bless** | past · perfect | Isaac | Jacob | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacob=Theme | | 3 | **send away** | past | Isaac *not said here* | Isaac | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Isaac *not said here* | a wife | Isaac | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme wife=Destination | | 5 | **bless** | past | Isaac | Jacob | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | Isaac | a charge | Jacob | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient charge=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Isaac *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **take** | shall | Thou | | a wife of the daughters of Canaan | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | 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} וַיַּ֣רְא עֵשָׂ֗ו כִּֽי־בֵרַ֣ךְ יִצְחָק֮ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹב֒ וְשִׁלַּ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔םפַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֔ם לָקַֽחַת־ל֥וֹ מִשָּׁ֖ם אִשָּׁ֑ה בְּבָרֲכ֣וֹ אֹת֔וֹ וַיְצַ֤ו עָלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־תִקַּ֥ח אִשָּׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃ [Genesis 28:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:831` 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 28:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.830/) - next →: [Genesis 28:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.832/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 28:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.6/)