Genesis 43:11 · JPS 1917
And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds;
Who acts: father, blame · What happens: say, be, do, take, carry down · To what, where: this, vessels, present, man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 43:11 · 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 (father, blame), 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 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 4 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 father | appos |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 said | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 do | punct |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 do | punct |
| 10 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 so | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 so | nsubj |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 so | cop |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 do | advcl |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 so | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 so | punct |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 17 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 do | obj |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 take | punct |
| 19 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 do | parataxis |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 fruits | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 fruits | det |
| 22 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fruits | compound |
| 23 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 take | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 land | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 land | det |
| 26 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 fruits | nmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 vessels | case |
| 28 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 vessels | nmod:poss |
| 29 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 take | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 carry | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 carry | cc |
| 32 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 take | conj |
| 33 | down | down | ADP | _ | 32 carry | compound:prt |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 man | det |
| 35 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carry | iobj |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 present | det |
| 37 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 carry | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 balm | punct |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 balm | det |
| 40 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 balm | amod |
| 41 | balm | balm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 present | conj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 honey | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 honey | cc |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 honey | det |
| 45 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 honey | amod |
| 46 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 present | conj |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 spicery | punct |
| 48 | spicery | spicery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 present | conj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 ladanum | cc |
| 50 | ladanum | ladanum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 spicery | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 nuts | punct |
| 52 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 present | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 almonds | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 almonds | cc |
| 55 | almonds | almond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 present | conj |
| 56 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | words's father | unto words = word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | blame | now | so property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | infinitive | this | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | your vessels | of the choice fruits of the land | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of fruit=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | carry down | infinitive | a present and a little balm and a little honey and spicery and ladanum and nuts and almonds | the man | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme man=Beneficiary present=Value |
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
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בָּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃
Genesis 43:11: 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:1410 of Mova's parse database.
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