--- title: Genesis 29:7 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the ca… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.' Who acts: Jacob, well, ye. 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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, well, ye), 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:857 # text = And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.' 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|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 6 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 expl _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 csubj _ _ 24 together together ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 water water VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 feed feed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | well | high day neither time | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | well *not said here* | time | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **gather** | should · passive | | the cattle | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **water** | infinitive | ye | | the sheep | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent sheep=Destination | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **feed** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | sheep | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֵ֥ן עוֹד֙ הַיּ֣וֹם גָּד֔וֹל לֹא־עֵ֖ת הֵאָסֵ֣ף הַמִּקְנֶ֑ה הַשְׁק֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן וּלְכ֥וּ רְעֽוּ׃ [Genesis 29:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:857` 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 29:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.856/) - next →: [Genesis 29:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.858/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.7/)