--- title: Genesis 37:33 (JPS 1917) — And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath d… · tree and pragmatics description: And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.' Who acts: Reuben, coat, evil beast. 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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 (Reuben, coat, evil beast), 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:1213 # text = And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 10 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 26 without without ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 28 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Reuben | coat | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Reuben *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | coat | my son's coat | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **devour** | present · perfect | a evil beast | Reuben | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **tear** | present · passive | | Joseph | | pieces | | without doubt | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} וַיַּכִּירָ֤הּ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כְּתֹ֣נֶת בְּנִ֔י חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֖ה אֲכָלָ֑תְהוּ טָרֹ֥ף טֹרַ֖ף יוֹסֵֽף׃ [Genesis 37:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1213` 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 37:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1212/) - next →: [Genesis 37:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1214/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 37:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.37.33/)