Genesis 37:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
Who acts: Joseph · What happens: be, feed, bring, report · To what, where: flock, lad, evil report, wives
This is Genesis 37:2 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 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 (Joseph), 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 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 feeding | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 old | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 old | cop |
| 4 | seventeen | seventeen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 years | nummod |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 old | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feeding | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Joseph | punct |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 feeding | aux |
| 9 | feeding | feed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 flock | det |
| 11 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feeding | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 brethren | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 14 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 feeding | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 lad | punct |
| 16 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 lad | cop |
| 17 | still | still | ADV | _ | 19 lad | advmod |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 lad | det |
| 19 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feeding | advcl |
| 20 | even | even | ADV | _ | 23 sons | advmod |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 sons | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sons | det |
| 23 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 lad | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Bilhah | case |
| 25 | Bilhah | Bilhah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sons | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sons | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 sons | cc |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 sons | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 sons | det |
| 30 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sons | conj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Zilpah | case |
| 32 | Zilpah | Zilpah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 sons | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 wives | punct |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 father | nmod:poss |
| 35 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 wives | nmod:poss |
| 36 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 35 father | case |
| 37 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 sons | appos |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 brought | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 brought | cc |
| 40 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 brought | nsubj |
| 41 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 feeding | conj |
| 42 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 report | amod |
| 43 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 brought | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 them | case |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 report | nmod |
| 46 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 48 father | case |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 father | nmod:poss |
| 48 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 brought | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 feeding | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | Joseph not said here | year | old property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | feed | past · progressive | Joseph | the flock | with Joseph's brethren | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Recipient | |||
| 3 | is a | gerund | Joseph not said here | a lad | still | with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah | tree rules | ||
| 4 | bring | past | Joseph | evil report of wives | unto wives's father | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent report=Theme | |||
| 5 | report | wives = wife | nom report «communication transitive»: of=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
אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ תֹּלְד֣וֹת יַעֲקֹ֗ב יוֹסֵ֞ף בֶּן־שְׁבַֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ הָיָ֨ה רֹעֶ֤ה אֶת־אֶחָיו֙ בַּצֹּ֔אן וְה֣וּא נַ֗עַר אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָ֛ה וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י זִלְפָּ֖ה נְשֵׁ֣י אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֵ֥א יוֹסֵ֛ף אֶת־דִּבָּתָ֥ם רָעָ֖ה אֶל־אֲבִיהֶֽם׃
Genesis 37:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- These are the generations of Jacob.
- Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being still a lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought evil report of them unto their father.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:GEN:1177 of Mova's parse database.
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