--- title: Genesis 42:9 (JPS 1917) — And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.' Who acts: Joseph, Ye. 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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 (Joseph, Ye), 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:1370 # text = And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 spies spy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 ccomp _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 nakedness nakedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 come come VERB VBN VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Joseph | the dreams | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent dream=Theme | | 2 | **dream** | past | Joseph | the dreams | | | | of brethren | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joseph *not said here* | | | | | unto brethren | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | Ye | spies | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | the nakedness of the land | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nakedness=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | present · passive | ye | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר יוֹסֵ֔ף אֵ֚ת הַחֲלֹמ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָלַ֖ם לָהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ מְרַגְּלִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לִרְא֛וֹת אֶת־עֶרְוַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּאתֶֽם׃ [Genesis 42:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1370` 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 42:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1369/) - next →: [Genesis 42:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1371/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.9/)