--- title: Genesis 41:15 (JPS 1917) — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is… · tree and pragmatics description: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.' Who acts: Pharaoh, I, none, thou. 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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 (Pharaoh, I, none, thou), 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:1314 # text = And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 dreamed dream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 16 nsubj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD _ 20 aux _ _ 20 interpret interpret VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hearest hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 interpret interpret VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Pharaoh | | | | | unto Joseph | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **dream** | present · perfect | I | a dream | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Topic | | 3 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **interpret** | can | | dream | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | of thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | present | thou | a dream | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dream=Stimulus | | 8 | **interpret** | can | thou | dream | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֔מְתִּי וּפֹתֵ֖ר אֵ֣ין אֹת֑וֹ וַאֲנִ֗י שָׁמַ֤עְתִּי עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תִּשְׁמַ֥ע חֲל֖וֹם לִפְתֹּ֥ר אֹתֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 41:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1314` 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 41:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1313/) - next →: [Genesis 41:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1315/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 41:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.15/)