Genesis 23:9 · JPS 1917
that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.'
Who acts: Abraham, cave · What happens: give, have, be, let, possess · To what, where: cave, me, end, midst, burying place
This is Genesis 23:9 · 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 (Abraham, cave), 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 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cave | det |
| 7 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Machpelah | case |
| 9 | Machpelah | Machpelah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cave | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hath | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 hath | obj |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hath | nsubj |
| 13 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cave | acl:relcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 end | punct |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 end | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 end | cop |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 end | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 end | det |
| 19 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cave | acl:relcl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 field | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 field | nmod:poss |
| 22 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 end | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 let | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 price | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 price | det |
| 26 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 price | amod |
| 27 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 give | obl |
| 28 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 give | parataxis |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 give | nsubj |
| 30 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 let | ccomp |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 give | obj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 me | case |
| 33 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 give | obl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 midst | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 midst | det |
| 36 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 give | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 you | case |
| 38 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 36 midst | nmod |
| 39 | for | for | ADP | _ | 41 possession | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 possession | det |
| 41 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 give | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 place | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 place | det |
| 44 | burying | burying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 place | compound |
| 45 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 44 burying | punct |
| 46 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 possession | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | may | Abraham | the cave of Machpelah | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient cave=Theme | |||
| 2 | have | present | Abraham | the cave of Machpelah | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the cave of Machpelah | in the end | of Abraham's field | tree rules | |||
| 4 | let | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | give | infinitive | Abraham | cave | me | the midst of you | for the full price; for a possession of a burying place | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for price=Asset to i=Recipient | |
| 6 | possess | a burying place | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
וְיִתֶּן־לִ֗י אֶת־מְעָרַ֤ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ בְּכֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃
Genesis 23:9: 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:609 of Mova's parse database.
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