Genesis 20:9 · JPS 1917
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.'
Who acts: Abimelech, thou, I · What happens: call, say, do, sin, bring, not do · To what, where: Abraham, great sin, deeds · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Genesis 20:9 · 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 (Abimelech, thou, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 called | advmod |
| 2 | Abimelech | Abimelech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Abraham | Abraham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 8 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 12 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 done | obj |
| 13 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 done | aux |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 done | nsubj |
| 15 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 said | ccomp |
| 16 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 17 us | case |
| 17 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 done | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 sinned | cc |
| 20 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 sinned | advmod |
| 21 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 sinned | aux |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 sinned | nsubj |
| 23 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 done | conj |
| 24 | against | against | ADP | _ | 25 thee | case |
| 25 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 sinned | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 brought | punct |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 brought | mark |
| 28 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 brought | nsubj |
| 29 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 brought | aux |
| 30 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 sinned | advcl |
| 31 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 me | case |
| 32 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 brought | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 on | cc |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 kingdom | case |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 36 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 me | conj |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 sin | det |
| 38 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 sin | amod |
| 39 | sin | sin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 brought | obj |
| 40 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 sinned | punct |
| 41 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 done | nsubj |
| 42 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 done | aux |
| 43 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 done | parataxis |
| 44 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 done | obj |
| 45 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 46 me | case |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 43 done | obl |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 done | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 done | aux |
| 49 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 52 done | advmod |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 done | mark |
| 51 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 52 done | aux:pass |
| 52 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 deeds | acl:relcl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
| 54 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 done | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- wh-question
- act
- disagree
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | Abimelech | Abraham | then | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent abraham=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Abimelech not said here | unto Abimelech | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do | present · perfect | thou | unto us | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | sin | present · perfect | I | against thee; wherein property | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against thou=Maleficiary | ||||
| 5 | bring | present · perfect | thou | a great sin | on me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sin=Theme on i=Destination | |||
| 6 | do | present · perfect | thou | deeds | unto me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | |||
| 7 | not do | ought · passive | thou not said here | deeds | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ מֶֽה־עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ וּמֶֽה־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־הֵבֵ֧אתָ עָלַ֛י וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּ֖י חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּ עָשִׂ֖יתָ עִמָּדִֽי׃
Genesis 20:9: 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:531 of Mova's parse database.
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