Genesis 17:20 · JPS 1917
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Who acts: I, Ishmael · What happens: hear, bless, make, multiply, beget · To what, where: thee, Ishmael, twelve princes
This is Genesis 17:20 · 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 (I, Ishmael), 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 | _ | 8 heard | cc |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 Ishmael | case |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 2 as | fixed |
| 4 | Ishmael | Ishmael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ishmael | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 heard | aux |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 heard | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 blessed | punct |
| 11 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 15 blessed | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 behold | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 blessed | nsubj |
| 14 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 blessed | aux |
| 15 | blessed | bless | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 heard | parataxis |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 blessed | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 make | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 make | cc |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 make | aux |
| 20 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 blessed | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 make | obj |
| 22 | fruitful | fruitful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 make | xcomp |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 multiply | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 multiply | cc |
| 25 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 multiply | aux |
| 26 | multiply | multiply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 blessed | conj |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 multiply | obj |
| 28 | exceedingly | exceedingly | ADV | _ | 26 multiply | advmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 beget | punct |
| 30 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 princes | nummod |
| 31 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 beget | obj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 beget | aux |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 beget | nsubj |
| 34 | beget | beget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 heard | parataxis |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 make | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 make | cc |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 make | nsubj |
| 38 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 make | aux |
| 39 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 beget | conj |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 make | obj |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 nation | det |
| 42 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 nation | amod |
| 43 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 make | xcomp |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- promise
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present · perfect | I | thee | as Ishmael | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | bless | present · perfect | I | Ishmael | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | future | I not said here | Ishmael | fruitful property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | |||
| 4 | multiply | future | I not said here | Ishmael | exceedingly property | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 5 | beget | shall | Ishmael | twelve princes | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | ||||
| 6 | make | future | I | Ishmael | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product |
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
וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אלשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי אֹת֗וֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י אֹת֛וֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נְשִׂיאִם֙ יוֹלִ֔יד וּנְתַתִּ֖יו לְג֥וֹי גָּדֽוֹל׃
Genesis 17:20: 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:433 of Mova's parse database.
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