Genesis 15:18 · JPS 1917
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
Who acts: LORD, I · What happens: make, say, give · To what, where: covenant, land, river · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 15:18 · 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 (LORD, I), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 day | case |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 LORD | det |
| 5 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 covenant | det |
| 8 | covenant | covenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 Abram | case |
| 10 | Abram | Abram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 covenant | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 made | advcl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 given | punct |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 20 given | punct |
| 15 | Unto | unto | ADP | _ | 17 seed | case |
| 16 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 seed | nmod:poss |
| 17 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 given | obl |
| 18 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 given | aux |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 given | nsubj |
| 20 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 saying | ccomp |
| 21 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 land | det |
| 22 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 given | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 river | punct |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 river | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 river | det |
| 26 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 given | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Egypt | case |
| 28 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 river | nmod |
| 29 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 32 river | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 river | det |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 river | amod |
| 32 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Egypt | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 river | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 river | det |
| 35 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 river | appos |
| 36 | Euphrates | Euphrates | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 river | flat |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 made | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- changed act=assert
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the LORD | a covenant | day | with Abram | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Product | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the LORD not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | give | present · perfect | I | this land | the river of Egypt unto the great river | unto thy seed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
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
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־אַבְרָ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית לֵאמֹ֑ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֗ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את מִנְּהַ֣ר מִצְרַ֔יִם עַד־הַנָּהָ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל נְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃
Genesis 15:18: 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:394 of Mova's parse database.
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