Genesis 47:29 · JPS 1917
And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
Who acts: time, Israel, I, thy · What happens: draw, die, call, say, find, put · To what, where: son, favour, sight, hand, thigh, thee · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 47:29 · 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 (time, Israel, I, thy), 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 | _ | 4 drew | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADV | _ | 4 drew | advmod |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 die | mark |
| 7 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 die | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 die | aux |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 drew | ccomp |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 called | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 called | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 called | nsubj |
| 13 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 drew | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 son | nmod:poss |
| 15 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 called | obj |
| 16 | Joseph | Joseph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 son | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 said | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 called | conj |
| 20 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 said | obl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 34 put | punct |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 put | punct |
| 24 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 found | mark |
| 25 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 found | advmod |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 found | nsubj |
| 27 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 found | aux |
| 28 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 34 put | advcl |
| 29 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 found | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 sight | case |
| 31 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 32 sight | nmod:poss |
| 32 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 found | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 found | punct |
| 34 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | ccomp |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 pray | punct |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 pray | nsubj |
| 37 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 put | parataxis |
| 38 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 pray | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 hand | punct |
| 40 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 hand | nmod:poss |
| 41 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 put | obj |
| 42 | under | under | ADP | _ | 44 thigh | case |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 thigh | nmod:poss |
| 44 | thigh | thigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 hand | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 deal | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 deal | cc |
| 47 | deal | deal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 34 put | conj |
| 48 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 47 deal | advmod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 truly | cc |
| 50 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 48 kindly | conj |
| 51 | with | with | ADP | _ | 52 me | case |
| 52 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 deal | obl |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 bury | punct |
| 54 | bury | bury | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 said | parataxis |
| 55 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 bury | obj |
| 56 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 bury | advmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 pray | punct |
| 58 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 59 pray | nsubj |
| 59 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 bury | parataxis |
| 60 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 59 pray | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 Egypt | punct |
| 62 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 Egypt | case |
| 63 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 pray | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 put | punct |
Pragmatics
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- teacher
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | the time | near property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | die | must | Israel | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | call | past | Israel | Israel's son | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | Israel not said here | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | find a condition, not said to happen | present · perfect | I | favour | thy sight | now | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | ||
| 6 | put | infinitive | thy hand | my thigh | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme under thigh=Destination | ||||
| 7 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | deal | infinitive | with me; kindly property | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with i=Theme | |||||
| 9 | not bury | infinitive | me | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||||
| 10 | pray | present | I | thee | Egypt | tree rules | |||
| 11 | sight | thy | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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
וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ללָמוּת֒ וַיִּקְרָ֣א ׀ לִבְנ֣וֹ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֣חַת יְרֵכִ֑י וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ עִמָּדִי֙ חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֔ת אַל־נָ֥א תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃
Genesis 47:29: 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:1572 of Mova's parse database.
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