--- title: Genesis 40:5 (JPS 1917) — And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one ni… · tree and pragmatics description: And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. Who acts: butler, man. 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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 (butler, man), 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:1278 # text = And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 5 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 21 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 case _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 interpretation interpretation NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 butler butler NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 baker baker NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 . . 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 | **dream** | past | butler | a dream | | | night | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Topic | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bind** | past · passive | | the king of Egypt | | | | in the prison | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in prison=Theme | | 4 | **dream** | | man | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **interpret** | | | man's dream | | | | | nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **dream** | | man | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיַּֽחַלְמוּ֩ חֲל֨וֹם שְׁנֵיהֶ֜ם אִ֤ישׁ חֲלֹמוֹ֙ בְּלַ֣יְלָה אֶחָ֔ד אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִתְר֣וֹן חֲלֹמ֑וֹ הַמַּשְׁקֶ֣ה וְהָאֹפֶ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲסוּרִ֖ים בְּבֵ֥ית הַסֹּֽהַר׃ [Genesis 40:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1278` 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 40:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1277/) - next →: [Genesis 40:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1279/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 40:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.5/)