--- title: Genesis 30:1 (JPS 1917) — And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied h… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.' Who acts: Rachel, 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 (Rachel, 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:887 # text = And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob: 'Give me children, or else I die.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 iobj _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 envied envy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 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 13 conj _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 else else ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Rachel | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **bear** | past | Rachel | no children | Jacob | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent jacob=Beneficiary child=Patient | | 3 | **envy** | past | Rachel | Rachel's sister | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rachel | | | | | unto Jacob | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | | children | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient child=Theme | | 6 | **die** | present | I | | | | | else *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַתֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְאִם־אַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי׃ [Genesis 30:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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