Genesis 38:16 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And he turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee'; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.
Who acts: Judah, I, me, Tamar · What happens: turn, say, come, pray, let, come in · To what, where: thee, me, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 38:16 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (Judah, I, me, Tamar), 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 | _ | 3 turned | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turned | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 said | cc |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | conj |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 Come | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 Come | punct |
| 14 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Come | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 pray | nsubj |
| 17 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 Come | parataxis |
| 18 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 pray | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 let | punct |
| 20 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 Come | parataxis |
| 21 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 let | obj |
| 22 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 let | xcomp |
| 23 | in | in | ADV | _ | 22 come | advmod |
| 24 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 25 thee | case |
| 25 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 come | obl |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 Come | punct |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 knew | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 knew | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 knew | nsubj |
| 30 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 turned | advcl |
| 31 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 30 knew | advmod |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 daughter | mark |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 daughter | nsubj |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 daughter | cop |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 36 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 knew | ccomp |
| 37 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 daughter | punct |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 law | case |
| 39 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 law | punct |
| 40 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 daughter | compound |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | Judah | unto Tamar; by the way | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by way=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Judah not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | come in | infinitive | me not said here | unto thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not know | past | Judah | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | is a | past | Tamar | Judah's daughter | tree rules |
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
וַיֵּ֨ט אֵלֶ֜יהָ אֶל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽבָה־נָּא֙ אָב֣וֹא אֵלַ֔יִךְ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כַלָּת֖וֹ הִ֑וא וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִּ֔יכִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא אֵלָֽי׃
Genesis 38:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And he turned unto her by the way, and said: 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee'; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law.
- And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:GEN:1232 of Mova's parse database.
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