--- title: Genesis 29:19 (JPS 1917) — And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I s… · tree and pragmatics description: And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.' Who acts: Laban, I. 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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 (Laban, I), 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:870 # text = And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Laban Laban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 expl _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 ccomp _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 csubj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 than than SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 abide abide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Laban | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | I | | Rachel | | | to thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to thou=Recipient | | 4 | **give** | should | I | | Rachel | | | to another man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to man=Recipient | | 5 | **abide** | infinitive | | | | | | with me | tree rules | 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 לָבָ֗ן ט֚וֹבתִּתִּ֣י אֹתָ֣הּ לָ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר שְׁבָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃ [Genesis 29:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:870` 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 29:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.869/) - next →: [Genesis 29:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.871/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.19/)