--- title: Genesis 30:20 (JPS 1917) — And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my h… · tree and pragmatics description: And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun. Who acts: Leah, God, husband, I. 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And she called his name Zebulun. **Who acts:** Leah, God, husband, I · **What happens:** say, endow, dwell, bear, call, name · **To what, where:** me, six sons, God, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 30:20 · 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 (Leah, God, husband, 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:908 # text = And Leah said: 'God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.' And she called his name Zebulun. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Leah Leah 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 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 endowed endow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 32 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 Zebulun Zebulun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Leah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **endow** | present · perfect | God | | me | | | with a good dowry | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Destination with dowry=Theme | | 3 | **dwell** | future | my husband | | | | now | with me | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 4 | **bear** | present · perfect | I | six sons | God | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary son=Patient | | 5 | **call** | past | Leah | God's name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 6 | **name** | | God | | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה זְבָדַ֨נִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים ׀ אֹתִי֮ זֵ֣בֶד טוֹב֒ הַפַּ֙עַם֙ יִזְבְּלֵ֣נִי אִישִׁ֔י כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שִׁשָּׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ זְבֻלֽוּן׃ [Genesis 30:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:908` 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 30:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.907/) - next →: [Genesis 30:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.909/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.20/)