--- title: Genesis 30:26 (JPS 1917) — Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and le… · tree and pragmatics description: Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.' Who acts: you, I, me, thou. 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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 (you, I, me, thou), 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:914 # text = Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.' 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 iobj _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 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 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | my wives and my children | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient wife=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | for my wives and my children | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for whom=Recipient | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **know** | present | thou | my service | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer service=Stimulus | | 6 | **serve** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | wherewith *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Attribute | | 7 | **service** | | my | | | | | | nom service «act 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} תְּנָ֞ה אֶת־נָשַׁ֣י וְאֶת־יְלָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבַ֧דְתִּי אֹֽתְךָ֛ בָּהֵ֖ן וְאֵלֵ֑כָה כִּ֚י אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֶת־עֲבֹדָתִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ [Genesis 30:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:914` 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 30:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.913/) - next →: [Genesis 30:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.915/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.26/)