--- title: Genesis 31:32 (JPS 1917) — With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our… · tree and pragmatics description: With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. — Who acts: thou, God, brethren, Jacob. 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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 (thou, God, brethren, Jacob), 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:969 # text = With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' — For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. — 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 whomsoever whomsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 findest find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 discern discern VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 ccomp _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 take take VERB VB Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 31 — - PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 For for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 Rachel Rachel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 42 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present | thou | thy gods | | | | with whomsoever | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 2 | **not** **live** | shall | God | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **discern** | present | our brethren | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | | thine | | | | with me | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | our brethren *not said here* | force | | thee | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to thou=Destination | | 6 | **not** **know** | past | Jacob | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **steal** | past · perfect | Rachel | brethren | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=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} עִ֠ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֣א אֶת־אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לֹ֣א יִֽחְיֶה֒ נֶ֣גֶד אַחֵ֧ינוּ הַֽכֶּר־לְךָ֛ מָ֥ה עִמָּדִ֖י וְקַֽח־לָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֣ע יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֥י רָחֵ֖ל גְּנָבָֽתַם׃ [Genesis 31:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:969` 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 31:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.968/) - next →: [Genesis 31:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.970/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 31:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.32/)