Genesis 43:7 · JPS 1917

And they said: 'The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words; could we in any wise know that he would say: Bring your brother down?'

Who acts: they, man, father, ye, we · What happens: say, ask, be, have, tell, accord · To what, where: brother, man, wise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Genesis 43:7 · 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 (they, man, father, ye), 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 said	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
9	straitly	straitly	ADV	_	8 asked	advmod
10	concerning	concern	ADP	_	11 ourselves	case
11	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 asked	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 kindred	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 kindred	cc
14	concerning	concern	ADP	_	16 kindred	case
15	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 kindred	nmod:poss
16	kindred	kindred	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saying	punct
18	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 asked	advcl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 alive	punct
20	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 alive	cop
21	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 father	nmod:poss
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 alive	nsubj
23	yet	yet	ADV	_	24 alive	advmod
24	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 saying	ccomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	24 alive	punct
26	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 saying	ccomp
27	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	26 have	nsubj
28	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	29 brother	det
29	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 have	obj
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 have	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 told	cc
32	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	33 told	nsubj
33	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 asked	conj
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 told	obj
35	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	38 tenor	case
36	to	to	ADP	_	35 according	fixed
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 tenor	det
38	tenor	tenor	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 told	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 words	case
40	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	41 words	det
41	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 tenor	nmod
42	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 know	punct
43	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 know	aux
44	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	48 know	nsubj
45	in	in	ADP	_	47 wise	case
46	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	47 wise	det
47	wise	wise	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 know	obl
48	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 told	parataxis
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 say	mark
50	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 say	nsubj
51	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	52 say	aux
52	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 know	ccomp
53	:	:	PUNCT	_	54 Bring	punct
54	Bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	52 say	ccomp
55	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 brother	nmod:poss
56	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 Bring	obj
57	down	down	ADP	_	54 Bring	compound:prt
58	?	?	PUNCT	_	48 know	punct
59	'	'	PUNCT	_	48 know	punct

Pragmatics

form: yes/no question
act: narrate
voice: character
polarity: none
indirect: yes
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	the man					concern ourselves; concern our kindred; straitly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund	the man not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	is	present	your father				yet	alive property	tree rules
5	have	present	ye	another brother					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
6	tell speech: assert	past	we		man			accord the tenor of this words	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
7	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
8	know	could	we			any wise			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
9	say speech: assert	would	man						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
10	bring down	infinitive			your brother				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument brother=Destination

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

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ שָׁא֣וֹל שָֽׁאַל־הָ֠אִישׁ לָ֣נוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הַע֨וֹד אֲבִיכֶ֥ם חַי֙ הֲיֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֣ם אָ֔ח וַנַ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹעַל־פִּ֖י הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲיָד֣וֹעַ נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר הוֹרִ֖ידוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶֽם׃

Genesis 43:7: 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:1406 of Mova's parse database.

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