--- title: Genesis 30:41 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did concei… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; Who acts: flock, stronger, Jacob, 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 (flock, stronger, Jacob, 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:931 # text = And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; 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 , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 whensoever whensoever SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 conceive conceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 gutters gutter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 conceive conceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 35 among among ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | flock | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | flock *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **conceive** | past · do-support | the stronger of the flock | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lay** | past | Jacob | the rods | | the eyes of the flock in the gutters | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rod=Theme before eye=Destination | | 5 | **conceive** | might | rods *= rod* | | | | | among the rods | vn characterize-29.2-1 «NP V how S»: 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} וְהָיָ֗ה בְּכָל־יַחֵם֮ הַצֹּ֣אן הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְשָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת־הַמַּקְל֛וֹת לְעֵינֵ֥י הַצֹּ֖אן בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת׃ [Genesis 30:41: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.41/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:931` 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 30:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.930/) - next →: [Genesis 30:42 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.932/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 30:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.41/)