--- title: Genesis 39:5 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. Who acts: hand, Joseph, LORD, blessing. 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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 (hand, Joseph, LORD, blessing), 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:1253 # text = And it came to pass from the time that he appointed him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 overseer overseer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Egyptian Egyptian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 3 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 58 . . 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 | **come** | past | hand | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appoint** | past | Joseph | LORD | | Joseph's house | | over all | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | Joseph | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 5 | **bless** | past | the LORD | the Egyptian's house | | | | for Joseph's sake | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent house=Theme for sake=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | past | the blessing of the LORD | | | | | upon all | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | Joseph | | | the house and the field | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 8 | **bless** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom blessing «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 {#hebrew} וַיְהִ֡י מֵאָז֩ הִפְקִ֨יד אֹת֜וֹ בְּבֵית֗וֹ וְעַל֙ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמִּצְרִ֖י בִּגְלַ֣ל יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיְהִ֞י בִּרְכַּ֤ת יְהוָה֙ בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ בַּבַּ֖יִת וּבַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ [Genesis 39:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1253` 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 39:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1252/) - next →: [Genesis 39:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1254/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.5/)