--- title: Genesis 28:18 (JPS 1917) — And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he h… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. Who acts: Jacob. 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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 (Jacob), 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:845 # text = And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | past | Jacob | | | | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | Jacob *not said here* | the stone | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past · perfect | Jacob | the stone | | Jacob's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme under head=Destination | | 4 | **set up** | past | Jacob *not said here* | place | | | | for a pillar | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Patient for pillar=Beneficiary | | 5 | **pour** | past | Jacob *not said here* | oil | | | | upon the top of place | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=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} וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הָאֶ֙בֶן֙ אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖הּ מַצֵּבָ֑ה וַיִּצֹ֥ק שֶׁ֖מֶן עַל־רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃ [Genesis 28:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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