--- title: Genesis 37:28 (JPS 1917) — And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifte… · tree and pragmatics description: And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Who acts: Midianites. 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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 (Midianites), 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:1206 # text = And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 Midianites Midianite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 merchantmen merchantman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Ishmaelites Ishmaelite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 shekels shekel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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 | **pass by** | past | Midianites | | | there | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | Midianites *= midianite* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lift up** | past | Midianites *= midianite* *not said here* | Joseph | | the pit | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent joseph=Theme out pit=Destination | | 4 | **sell** | past | Midianites *= midianite* *not said here* | Joseph | the Ishmaelites | | | for twenty shekels of silver | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent joseph=Theme to ishmaelite=Recipient for shekel=Asset | 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} וַיַּֽעַבְרוּ֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים מִדְיָנִ֜ים סֹֽחֲרִ֗ים וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙ וַיַּֽעֲל֤וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִן־הַבּ֔וֹר וַיִּמְכְּר֧וּ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֛ף לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣ים כָּ֑סֶף וַיָּבִ֥יאוּ אֶת־יוֹסֵ֖ף מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃ [Genesis 37:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.28/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver.** 2. [And they brought Joseph into Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1207/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1206` 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 37:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1205/) - next →: [Genesis 37:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1207/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.28/)