--- title: Genesis 41:21 (JPS 1917) — And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. Who acts: men. 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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 (men), 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:1320 # text = And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 favoured favour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat up** | past · perfect | men *= man* | ears *= ear* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **not** **know** | could · passive | | kine | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | past · perfect | men *= man* | ears *= ear* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **favour** | past · passive | | men *= man* | | | as the beginning; still | | 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} וַתָּבֹ֣אנָה אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֗נָה וְלֹ֤א נוֹדַע֙ כִּי־בָ֣אוּ אֶל־קִרְבֶּ֔נָה וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֣ן רַ֔ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּתְּחִלָּ֑ה וָאִיקָֽץ׃ [Genesis 41:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.21/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the beginning.** 2. [So I awoke.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1321/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1320` 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 41:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1319/) - next →: [Genesis 41:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1321/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 41:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.21/)