--- title: Genesis 29:32 (JPS 1917) — And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben;… · tree and pragmatics description: And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.' Who acts: Leah, Rachel, LORD, husband. 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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 (Leah, Rachel, LORD, husband), 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:883 # text = And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said: 'Because the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Leah Leah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conceived conceive 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 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 22 Because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceive** | past | Leah | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bear** | past | Leah *not said here* | a son | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **call** | past | Rachel | LORD's name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rachel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | upon my affliction | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon affliction=Theme | | 6 | **love** | future | my husband | me | | | now | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **afflict** | | my | | | | | | nom affliction «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַתַּ֤הַר לֵאָה֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ רְאוּבֵ֑ן כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֗ה כִּֽי־רָאָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בְּעָנְיִ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה יֶאֱהָבַ֥נִי אִישִֽׁי׃ [Genesis 29:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:883` 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 29:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.882/) - next →: [Genesis 29:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.884/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 29:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.29.32/)