Genesis 3:17 · JPS 1917
And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Who acts: Adam, thou, I · What happens: say, hearken, eat, command, not eat, curse · To what, where: thee, ground, toil · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 3:17 · 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 (Adam, thou, I), 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 | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 2 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 3 Adam | case |
| 3 | Adam | Adam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | obl |
| 4 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 hearkened | punct |
| 8 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 hearkened | mark |
| 9 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 hearkened | nsubj |
| 10 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hearkened | aux |
| 11 | hearkened | hearken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 said | advcl |
| 12 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 14 voice | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 voice | det |
| 14 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hearkened | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 wife | case |
| 16 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 wife | nmod:poss |
| 17 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 voice | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 eaten | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 eaten | cc |
| 20 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 eaten | aux |
| 21 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 hearkened | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 tree | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 tree | det |
| 24 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 eaten | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 commanded | punct |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 commanded | obl |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 commanded | nsubj |
| 29 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tree | acl:relcl |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 commanded | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 saying | punct |
| 32 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 commanded | advcl |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 eat | punct |
| 34 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 eat | nsubj |
| 35 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 37 eat | aux |
| 36 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 eat | advmod |
| 37 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 saying | ccomp |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 it | case |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 eat | obl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 ground | punct |
| 41 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 ground | nsubj |
| 42 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 ground | cop |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 ground | det |
| 44 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | parataxis |
| 45 | for | for | ADP | _ | 47 sake | case |
| 46 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 47 sake | nmod:poss |
| 47 | sake | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 ground | nmod |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 eat | punct |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 toil | case |
| 50 | toil | toil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 eat | obl |
| 51 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 53 eat | aux |
| 52 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 eat | nsubj |
| 53 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | parataxis |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 it | case |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 eat | obl |
| 56 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 58 days | det:predet |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 days | det |
| 58 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 eat | obl:unmarked |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 life | case |
| 60 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 61 life | nmod:poss |
| 61 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 days | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=assert
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Adam | unto Adam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hearken | present · perfect | thou | unto the voice of thy wife | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | eat | present · perfect | thou not said here | of the tree | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of tree=Source | ||||
| 4 | command | past | I | thee | of the tree | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | I not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | not eat | shall | Thou | of tree | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Source | ||||
| 7 | curse | participle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | is a | present | the ground | for thy sake | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | eat | shall | thou | toil | day | of toil | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Source |
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
וּלְאָדָ֣ם אָמַ֗ר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ֮לְק֣וֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֲרוּרָ֤ה הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃
Genesis 3:17: 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:78 of Mova's parse database.
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