--- title: Genesis 30:38 (JPS 1917) — And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. Who acts: Jacob, flocks, rods. 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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 (Jacob, flocks, rods), 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:928 # text = And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 peeled peel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 over over ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gutters gutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 watering watering NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 troughs trough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | Jacob | the rods | | the gutters in the watering troughs | | against the flocks | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rod=Theme against flock=Destination | | 2 | **peel over** | past · perfect | Jacob | the rods | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Source | | 3 | **come** | past | the flocks | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **drink** | to-infinitive | the flocks *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conceive** | past | rods *= rod* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | rods *= rod* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **drink** | to-infinitive | rods *= rod* *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «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} וַיַּצֵּ֗ג אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּצֵּ֔ל בָּרֳהָטִ֖ים בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹת הַמָּ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר֩ תָּבֹ֨אןָ הַצֹּ֤אן לִשְׁתּוֹת֙ לְנֹ֣כַח הַצֹּ֔אן וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָה בְּבֹאָ֥ן לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ [Genesis 30:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:928` 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 30:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.927/) - next →: [Genesis 30:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.929/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.38/)