--- title: Genesis 42:13 (JPS 1917) — And they said: 'We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.' Who acts: servants, youngest. 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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 (servants, youngest), 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:1374 # text = And they said: 'We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 6 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 behold behold INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 this this NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 day day ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | servants *= servant* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | We's servants | twelve brethren | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the youngest | | | | | with our father; this *obl:unmarked*; day *property* | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂר֩ עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ אַחִ֧ים ׀ אֲנַ֛חְנוּ בְּנֵ֥י אִישׁ־אֶחָ֖ד בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַקָּטֹ֤ן אֶת־אָבִ֙ינוּ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְהָאֶחָ֖ד אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ [Genesis 42:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1374` 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 42:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1373/) - next →: [Genesis 42:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1375/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.13/)