Genesis 4:15 · JPS 1917
And the LORD said unto him: 'Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.' And the LORD set a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
Who acts: LORD, whosoever, any · What happens: say, slay, take, set, find, smite · To what, where: Cain, vengeance, sign · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 4:15 · 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 (LORD, whosoever, any), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 LORD | det |
| 3 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 taken | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 taken | punct |
| 9 | Therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 17 taken | advmod |
| 10 | whosoever | whosoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 slayeth | nsubj |
| 11 | slayeth | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 taken | advcl |
| 12 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 slayeth | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 slayeth | punct |
| 14 | vengeance | vengeance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 taken | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 taken | aux:pass |
| 17 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 said | ccomp |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 taken | obl |
| 20 | sevenfold | sevenfold | ADV | _ | 17 taken | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 taken | punct |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 17 taken | punct |
| 23 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 set | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 LORD | det |
| 25 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 set | nsubj |
| 26 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 sign | det |
| 28 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 set | obj |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 Cain | case |
| 30 | Cain | Cain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 sign | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 smite | punct |
| 32 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 37 smite | mark |
| 33 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 37 smite | nsubj |
| 34 | finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 any | acl |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 finding | obj |
| 36 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 smite | aux |
| 37 | smite | smite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 set | advcl |
| 38 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 smite | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- warn
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the LORD | unto Cain | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | slay | present | whosoever | Cain | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cain=Patient | ||||
| 3 | take | shall · passive | vengeance | on Cain; sevenfold, therefore property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on he=Destination | ||||
| 4 | set | past | the LORD | a sign | for Cain | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sign=Patient for cain=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | find | gerund | Cain | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | |||||
| 6 | smite | should | any | Cain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ יְהוָ֗ה לָכֵן֙ כָּל־הֹרֵ֣ג קַ֔יִן שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקָּ֑ם וַיָּ֨שֶׂם יְהוָ֤ה לְקַ֙יִן֙ א֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּ֥י הַכּוֹת־אֹת֖וֹ כָּל־מֹצְאֽוֹ׃
Genesis 4:15: 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:104 of Mova's parse database.
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