--- title: Genesis 39:1 (JPS 1917) — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Ph… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. Who acts: Potiphar, Ishmaelites. 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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 (Potiphar, Ishmaelites), 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:1248 # text = And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RP _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 10 Potiphar Potiphar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Egyptian Egyptian NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 27 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Ishmaelites Ishmaelites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 down down ADV RP _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 thither thither ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **bring down** | past · passive | | Joseph | Egypt | | | down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to egypt=Destination | | 2 | **buy** | past | Potiphar | Joseph | | | | of the hand of the Ishmaelites | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **bring down** | past · perfect | the Ishmaelites | | Joseph | | | down, thither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | 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} וְיוֹסֵ֖ף הוּרַ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יְמָה וַיִּקְנֵ֡הוּ פּוֹטִיפַר֩ סְרִ֨יס פַּרְעֹ֜ה שַׂ֤ר הַטַּבָּחִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִצְרִ֔י מִיַּד֙ הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁמָּה׃ [Genesis 39:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1248` 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 38:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1247/) - next →: [Genesis 39:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1249/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.1/)