--- title: Genesis 39:17 (JPS 1917) — And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew… · tree and pragmatics description: And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. Who acts: wife, thou, Hebrew servant. 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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 (wife, thou, Hebrew servant), 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:1267 # text = And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 14 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 Hebrew hebrew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 mock mock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | wife | | | | | unto Joseph; accord this words | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring** | present · perfect | thou | | the Hebrew servant | | | unto us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument whom=Destination | | 5 | **come in** | past | the Hebrew servant | | | | | unto me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **mock** | to-infinitive | the Hebrew servant *not said here* | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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} וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו כַּדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹ֑ר בָּֽא־אֵלַ֞י הָעֶ֧בֶד הָֽעִבְרִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־הֵבֵ֥אתָ לָּ֖נוּ לְצַ֥חֶק בִּֽי׃ [Genesis 39:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1267` 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 39:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1266/) - next →: [Genesis 39:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1268/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.17/)