Genesis 18:19 · JPS 1917
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which He hath spoken of him.'
Who acts: I, Abraham, men, LORD · What happens: know, command, keep, do, bring, speak · To what, where: Abraham, children, way, righteousness, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 18:19 · 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, Abraham, men, LORD), 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 | For | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 known | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 known | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 known | aux |
| 4 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 known | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 known | obl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 command | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 command | nsubj |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 command | aux |
| 13 | command | command | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 end | acl |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 children | nmod:poss |
| 15 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 command | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 household | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 household | nmod:poss |
| 18 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 children | conj |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 him | case |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 command | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 keep | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 keep | mark |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 keep | nsubj |
| 24 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 keep | aux |
| 25 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 command | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 way | det |
| 27 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 keep | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 LORD | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 LORD | det |
| 30 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 way | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 do | punct |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 do | mark |
| 33 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 keep | advcl |
| 34 | righteousness | righteousness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 do | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 justice | cc |
| 36 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 righteousness | conj |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 end | punct |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 end | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 end | det |
| 40 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 bring | obl |
| 41 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 bring | mark |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 LORD | det |
| 43 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 bring | nsubj |
| 44 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 bring | aux |
| 45 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 keep | advcl |
| 46 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 47 Abraham | case |
| 47 | Abraham | Abraham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 bring | obl |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 which | det |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 bring | obj |
| 50 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 spoken | nsubj |
| 51 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 spoken | aux |
| 52 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 which | acl:relcl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 him | case |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 spoken | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 known | punct |
| 56 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 known | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · perfect | I | Abraham | to the end | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | command | may | Abraham | Abraham's children and Abraham's household | after child | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Theme | |||
| 3 | keep | may | men = man | the way of the LORD | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | men = man not said here | righteousness and justice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent righteousness=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | bring | may | the LORD | to the end | upon Abraham | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to end=Destination | |||
| 6 | speak speech: other | present · perfect | Abraham | of LORD | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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
כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת צְדָקָ֖ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט לְמַ֗עַן הָבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר עָלָֽיו׃
Genesis 18:19: 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:461 of Mova's parse database.
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