--- title: Genesis 37:13 (JPS 1917) — And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in… · tree and pragmatics description: And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him: 'Here am I.' Who acts: Israel, brethren, I, Joseph. 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And he said to him: 'Here am I.' **Who acts:** Israel, brethren, I, Joseph, I. · **What happens:** say, not feed, come, send, be · **To what, where:** flock, Shechem, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 37:13 · 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 (Israel, brethren, I, Joseph), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:GEN:1189 # text = And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him: 'Here am I.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 ccomp _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 38 I. I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Israel | | | | | unto Joseph | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **feed** | present · do-support | thy brethren | the flock | | Shechem | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent flock=Value in shechem=Location | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | future | I | thee | | | | unto brethren | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joseph | | Shechem | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | present | I. | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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 {#hebrew} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶל־יוֹסֵ֗ף הֲל֤וֹא אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ רֹעִ֣ים בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם לְכָ֖ה וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ הִנֵּֽנִי׃ [Genesis 37:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1189` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Genesis 37:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1188/) - next →: [Genesis 37:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1190/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.13/)