--- title: Genesis 39:23 (JPS 1917) — The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his… · tree and pragmatics description: The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. Who acts: keeper, thing, LORD, prison. 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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 (keeper, thing, LORD, prison), 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:1273 # text = The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 advcl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ DT _ 28 mark _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **not** **look** | past | the keeper of the prison | | | | | to any thing | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to thing=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | any thing | | | keeper's hand | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the LORD | | | | | with LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | past | keeper | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **make** | past | the LORD | prison | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **prosper** | to-infinitive | prison *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} אֵ֣ין ׀ שַׂ֣ר בֵּית־הַסֹּ֗הַר רֹאֶ֤ה אֶֽת־כָּל־מְא֙וּמָה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ בַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אִתּ֑וֹ וַֽאֲשֶׁר־ה֥וּא עֹשֶׂ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה מַצְלִֽיחַ׃ס [Genesis 39:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1273` 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 39:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1272/) - next →: [Genesis 40:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1274/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 39:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.39.23/)