--- title: Genesis 31:10 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lif… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. Who acts: streaked, flock, I, he goats. 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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 (streaked, flock, I, he goats), 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:943 # text = And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 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 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 mine mine PRON PRP$ Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 behold behold INTJ UH _ 41 discourse _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 he he NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 leaped leap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 streaked streak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 speckled speckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 grizzled grizzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 conj _ _ 47 . . 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 | **come** | past | streaked *= streak* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | streaked *= streak* *not said here* | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **conceive** | past | the flock | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 4 | **lift up** | past | I | mine eyes | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | I *not said here* | | | a dream | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **leap** | past | the he goats | | | the flock | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon flock=Trajectory | | 7 | **streak** | past · passive | | the he goats | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **speckle** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **grizzle** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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} וַיְהִ֗י בְּעֵת֙ יַחֵ֣ם הַצֹּ֔אן וָאֶשָּׂ֥א עֵינַ֛י וָאֵ֖רֶא בַּחֲל֑וֹם וְהִנֵּ֤ה הָֽעַתֻּדִים֙ הָעֹלִ֣ים עַל־הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּבְרֻדִּֽים׃ [Genesis 31:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:943` 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 31:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.942/) - next →: [Genesis 31:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.944/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.10/)