Genesis 47:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.'
Who acts: we, servants · What happens: pray, let, dwell · To what, where: thee, servants, land
This is Genesis 47:4 · 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 (we, servants), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 pray | advmod |
| 2 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 5 pray | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pray | nsubj |
| 5 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 pray | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pray | ccomp |
| 9 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 servants | nmod:poss |
| 10 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 let | obj |
| 11 | dwell | dwell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 land | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 land | det |
| 14 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dwell | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Goshen | case |
| 16 | Goshen | Goshen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 land | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | present | we | thee | now | therefore property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | let | infinitive | we not said here | thy servants | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | dwell | infinitive | thy servants not said here | the land of Goshen | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
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
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֗ה לָג֣וּר בָּאָרֶץ֮ בָּאנוּ֒ כִּי־אֵ֣ין מִרְעֶ֗ה לַצֹּאן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד הָרָעָ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְעַתָּ֛ה יֵֽשְׁבוּ־נָ֥א עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ בְּאֶ֥רֶץ גֹּֽשֶׁן׃
Genesis 47:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And they said unto Pharaoh: 'To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan.
- Now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:GEN:1542 of Mova's parse database.
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