Genesis 32:7 · JPS 1917
(32-7) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: 'We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.'
Who acts: messengers, We, Jacob · What happens: return, say, come, meet · To what, where: Jacob, thee · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 32:7 · 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 (messengers, We, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 32-7 | punct |
| 2 | 32-7 | 32-7 | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 returned | parataxis |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 32-7 | punct |
| 4 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 returned | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 messengers | det |
| 6 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 returned | nsubj |
| 7 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Jacob | case |
| 9 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 returned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 saying | punct |
| 11 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 returned | advcl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 came | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 came | punct |
| 14 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 came | nsubj |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 saying | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 brother | case |
| 17 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 brother | nmod:poss |
| 18 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 came | obl |
| 19 | Esau | Esau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 brother | appos |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 cometh | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 cometh | cc |
| 22 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 24 cometh | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 cometh | nsubj |
| 24 | cometh | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 came | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 meet | mark |
| 26 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 cometh | xcomp |
| 27 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 meet | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 men | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 men | cc |
| 30 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 hundred | compound |
| 31 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 32 men | nummod |
| 32 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 cometh | conj |
| 33 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 him | case |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 men | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 returned | punct |
| 36 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 returned | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=assert, polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | past | the messengers | Jacob | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to jacob=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the messengers not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come | past | We | to thy brother | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to brother=Initial_Location | ||||
| 4 | come | present | Jacob | moreover property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | meet | to-infinitive | Jacob not said here | thee | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-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
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ הַמַּלְאָכִ֔ים אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּ֤אנוּ אֶל־אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־עֵשָׂ֔ו וְגַם֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִקְרָֽאתְךָ֔ וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ עִמּֽוֹ׃
Genesis 32:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:GEN:1005 of Mova's parse database.
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