--- title: Genesis 39:6 (JPS 1917) — And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he kn… · tree and pragmatics description: And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. Who acts: LORD. 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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 (LORD), 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:1254 # text = And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. 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 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 22 save save ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 . . 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 | **leave** | past | LORD | all | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | LORD | | | Joseph's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **have** | gerund | LORD *not said here* | LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **not** **know** | past | LORD | aught | | | | save the bread | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer aught=Stimulus | | 5 | **eat** | past · do-support | LORD | the bread | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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} וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֮ בְּיַד־יוֹסֵף֒ וְלֹא־יָדַ֤ע אִתּוֹ֙ מְא֔וּמָה כִּ֥י אִם־הַלֶּ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא אוֹכֵ֑ל וַיְהִ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף יְפֵה־תֹ֖אַר וִיפֵ֥ה מַרְאֶֽה׃ [Genesis 39:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.6/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat.** 2. [And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1255/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1254` 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 39:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1253/) - next →: [Genesis 39:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1255/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.6/)