--- title: Genesis 31:12 (JPS 1917) — And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. Who acts: angel, he goats, I, Laban. Genesis 31:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.945/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/31/) / [31:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.12/) / JPS 1 # Genesis 31:12 · JPS 1917 And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. **Who acts:** angel, he goats, I, Laban · **What happens:** say, lift up, see, leap, streak, speckle · **To what, where:** eyes, flock, he goats, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 31:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (angel, he goats, I, Laban), 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:945 # text = And he said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 8 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 he he NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 leap leap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 streaked streak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 speckled speckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 grizzled grizzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 36 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 35 obj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 Laban Laban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | angel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lift up** | infinitive | | thine eyes | | | now | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **leap** | present | all he goats | | | the flock | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon flock=Trajectory | | 5 | **streak** | present · passive | | all he goats | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **speckle** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grizzle** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | present · perfect | I | all | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 9 | **do** | present | Laban | | | | | unto thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר שָׂא־נָ֨א עֵינֶ֤יךָ וּרְאֵה֙ כָּל־הָֽעַתֻּדִים֙ הָעֹלִ֣ים עַל־הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּבְרֻדִּ֑ים כִּ֣י רָאִ֔יתִי אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָבָ֖ן עֹ֥שֶׂה לָּֽךְ׃ [Genesis 31:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:945` 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 31:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.944/) - next →: [Genesis 31:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.946/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 31:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.12/)