Genesis 39:8 · JPS 1917
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand;
Who acts: Joseph, master · What happens: refuse, say, have, not know, be, put · To what, where: me, house, all, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 39:8 · 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 (Joseph, master), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 refused | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 refused | nsubj |
| 3 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 refused | conj |
| 7 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 11 wife | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 master | nmod:poss |
| 9 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wife | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 master | case |
| 11 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obl |
| 12 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 knoweth | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 knoweth | punct |
| 14 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 22 knoweth | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Behold | punct |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 master | nmod:poss |
| 17 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 knoweth | nsubj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 having | punct |
| 19 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 master | acl |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 having | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 knoweth | punct |
| 22 | knoweth | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | ccomp |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 knoweth | advmod |
| 24 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 28 house | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 house | cop |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 house | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 house | det |
| 28 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 knoweth | ccomp |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 put | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 put | cc |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 put | nsubj |
| 32 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 put | aux |
| 33 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 knoweth | conj |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 put | obj |
| 35 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 hath | obj |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 hath | nsubj |
| 37 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 all | acl:relcl |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 40 hand | case |
| 39 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 hand | nmod:poss |
| 40 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 hath | obl |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 refused | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=narrate
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | Joseph | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Joseph not said here | unto Joseph's master's wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have | gerund | my master not said here | me | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 4 | not know | present | my master | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 5 | is | present | the house | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | put | present · perfect | Joseph | all | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent all=Goal | ||||
| 7 | have | present | Joseph | my hand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=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
וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת אֲדֹנָ֔יו הֵ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֔י לֹא־יָדַ֥ע אִתִּ֖י מַה־בַּבָּ֑יִת וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יֶשׁ־ל֖וֹ נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדִֽי׃
Genesis 39:8: 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:1257 of Mova's parse database.
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