--- title: Genesis 39:9 (JPS 1917) — he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back an… · tree and pragmatics description: he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife. Who acts: master. 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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 (master), 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:1258 # text = he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife. 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 14 cc _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 advcl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | master | | | this house | | than I; great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep back** | present · perfect | master | any thing | | | | from me | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer thing=Beneficiary from i=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | present | master *not said here* | master's wife | | | | | tree rules | 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} אֵינֶ֨נּוּ גָד֜וֹל בַּבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּה֮ מִמֶּנִּי֒ וְלֹֽא־חָשַׂ֤ךְ מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ מְא֔וּמָה כִּ֥י אִם־אוֹתָ֖ךְ בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתְּ־אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֨יךְ אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֜ה הָרָעָ֤ה הַגְּדֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את וְחָטָ֖אתִי לֵֽאלֹהִֽים׃ [Genesis 39:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.9/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife.** 2. [How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1259/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1258` 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 39:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1257/) - next →: [Genesis 39:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1259/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.9/)