--- title: Genesis 31:43 (JPS 1917) — And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daught… · tree and pragmatics description: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne? 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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 (Laban, daughters, children, flocks), 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:985 # text = And Laban answered and said unto Jacob: 'The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day for these my daughters, or for their children whom they have borne? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Laban Laban PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 mine mine PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 54 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 57 obj _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 acl:relcl _ _ 58 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Laban | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Laban *not said here* | | | | | unto Jacob | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | the daughters | my daughters and my children and my flocks | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | the children | my children | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | the flocks | my flocks | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | present | all | mine | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | can | I | my daughters or daughters's children | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 9 | **bear** | present · perfect | children *= child* | daughters's children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient | 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} וַיַּ֨עַן לָבָ֜ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַבָּנ֨וֹת בְּנֹתַ֜י וְהַבָּנִ֤ים בָּנַי֙ וְהַצֹּ֣אן צֹאנִ֔י וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה לִי־ה֑וּא וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י מָֽה־אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֤ה לָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ הַיּ֔וֹם א֥וֹ לִבְנֵיהֶ֖ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלָֽדוּ׃ [Genesis 31:43: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.43/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:985` 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 31:42 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.984/) - next →: [Genesis 31:44 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.986/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 31:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.43/)