--- title: Genesis 41:54 (JPS 1917) — And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had… · tree and pragmatics description: And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. Who acts: seven years, Joseph, famine, bread. 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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 years, Joseph, famine, bread), 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:1356 # text = And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 mark _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 34 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **begin** | past | the seven years of famine | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | the seven years of famine *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Joseph | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | past | famine | | | all lands; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 6 | **be** | past | bread | | | all land of Egypt; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | 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} וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה שֶׁ֣בַע שְׁנֵ֤י הָרָעָב֙ לָב֔וֹא כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֣ר יוֹסֵ֑ף וַיְהִ֤י רָעָב֙ בְּכָל־הָ֣אֲרָצ֔וֹת וּבְכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם הָ֥יָה לָֽחֶם׃ [Genesis 41:54: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.54/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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