--- title: Genesis 29:2 (JPS 1917) — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks… · tree and pragmatics description: And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. — For out of that well they watered the flocks. Who acts: Jacob, three flocks, sheep. 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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, three flocks, sheep), 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:851 # text = And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. — For out of that well they watered the flocks. 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 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 lo lo INTJ UH _ 18 discourse _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 26 — - PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 For for ADP IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 . . 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 | **look** | past | Jacob | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | infinitive | Jacob *not said here* | a well | | the field | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer well=Stimulus | | 3 | **lie** | gerund | three flocks of sheep *not said here* | | | there | | by field | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by it=Location | | 4 | **water** | past | sheep | the flocks | | that well | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent flock=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} וַיַּ֞רְא וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְאֵ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֞ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה עֶדְרֵי־צֹאן֙ רֹבְצִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יהָ כִּ֚י מִן־הַבְּאֵ֣ר הַהִ֔וא יַשְׁק֖וּ הָעֲדָרִ֑ים וְהָאֶ֥בֶן גְּדֹלָ֖ה עַל־פִּ֥י הַבְּאֵֽר׃ [Genesis 29:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.2/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it. — For out of that well they watered the flocks.** 2. [And the stone upon the well's mouth was great.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.852/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:851` 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 29:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.850/) - next →: [Genesis 29:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.852/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.2/)