--- title: Genesis 30:25 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said u… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban: 'Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. Who acts: name, Rachel, Jacob, 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 (name, Rachel, Jacob, 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:913 # text = And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban: 'Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 11 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Laban Laban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **come** | past | name | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | name *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bear** | past · perfect | Rachel | Joseph | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joseph=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob | | | | | unto Laban | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **send away** | infinitive | | me | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **go** | may | I | | | | | unto mine own place | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יָלְדָ֥ה רָחֵ֖ל אֶת־יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־לָבָ֔ן שַׁלְּחֵ֙נִי֙ וְאֵ֣לְכָ֔ה אֶל־מְקוֹמִ֖י וּלְאַרְצִֽי׃ [Genesis 30:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:913` 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 30:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.912/) - next →: [Genesis 30:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.914/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.25/)