--- title: Genesis 41:27 (JPS 1917) — And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are… · tree and pragmatics description: And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. Who acts: seven lean favoured kine, seven empty ears, ears. 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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 (seven lean favoured kine, seven empty ears, ears), 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:1328 # text = And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 4 lean lean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 favoured favour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 kine kine NOUN NN Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 also also ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 25 blasted blast VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **favour** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come up** | past | the seven lean favoured kine | | | | after ears *= ear* | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | the seven lean favoured kine | seven years and the seven empty ears | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **blast** | past | the seven empty ears *not said here* | | | | | with the east wind | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with wind=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | shall | ears *= ear* | seven years | | | | of famine | 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} וְשֶׁ֣בַע הַ֠פָּרוֹת הָֽרַקּ֨וֹת וְהָרָעֹ֜ת הָעֹלֹ֣ת אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗ן שֶׁ֤בַע שָׁנִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה וְשֶׁ֤בַע הַֽשִׁבֳּלִים֙ הָרֵק֔וֹת שְׁדֻפ֖וֹת הַקָּדִ֑ים יִהְי֕וּ שֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֥י רָעָֽב׃ [Genesis 41:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1328` 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 41:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1327/) - next →: [Genesis 41:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1329/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 41:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.27/)