--- title: Genesis 30:33 (JPS 1917) — So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou sh… · tree and pragmatics description: So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.' Who acts: righteousness, thou, hire. 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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 (righteousness, thou, hire), 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:922 # text = So shall my righteousness witness against me hereafter, when thou shalt come to look over my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and dark among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 witness witness VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 hereafter hereafter ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 over over ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 speckled speckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 spotted spot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 32 among among ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 50 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **witness** | shall | my righteousness | | | | | against me; hereafter *property* | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | shall | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | over my hire | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over hire=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | my hire | | | | before thee | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **speckle** | present · passive | | every one | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 6 | **spot** | participle | | | | | | among the goats | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 7 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | | | | | | with me | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **count** | shall · passive | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V» | | 9 | **steal** | participle · passive | | every one | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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} וְעָֽנְתָה־בִּ֤י צִדְקָתִי֙ בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֔ר כִּֽי־תָב֥וֹא עַל־שְׂכָרִ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־אֵינֶנּוּ֩ נָקֹ֨ד וְטָל֜וּא בָּֽעִזִּ֗ים וְחוּם֙ בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔ים גָּנ֥וּב ה֖וּא אִתִּֽי׃ [Genesis 30:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:922` 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 30:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.921/) - next →: [Genesis 30:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.923/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.33/)