--- title: Genesis 30:15 (JPS 1917) — And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken aw… · tree and pragmatics description: And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.' Who acts: Rachel, it, thou, husband. 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And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.' **Who acts:** Rachel, it, thou, husband · **What happens:** say, be, take away, lie · **To what, where:** small matter, mandrakes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 30:15 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, it, thou, 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:902 # text = And she said unto her: 'Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?' And Rachel said: 'Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 away away ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 wouldest would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 25 away away ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 mandrakes mandrake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 30 also also ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 38 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 mandrakes mandrake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: pos - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rachel | | | | | unto Leah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | a small matter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | present · perfect | thou | a small matter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take away** | would | thou | my son's mandrakes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mandrake=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Rachel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lie** | shall | husband | | | | night | with thee; for thy son's mandrakes; therefore *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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} וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗הּ הַמְעַט֙ קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ אֶת־אִישִׁ֔י וְלָקַ֕חַת גַּ֥ם אֶת־דּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל לָכֵן֙ יִשְׁכַּ֤ב עִמָּךְ֙ הַלַּ֔יְלָה תַּ֖חַת דּוּדָאֵ֥י בְנֵֽךְ׃ [Genesis 30:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:902` 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 30:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.901/) - next →: [Genesis 30:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.903/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.15/)