--- title: Genesis 42:27 (JPS 1917) — And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Who acts: one, corn, money. 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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 (one, corn, money), 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:1388 # text = And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 provender provender NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 espied espy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 behold behold INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | one of words | corn's sack | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sack=Theme | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | one of words *not said here* | corn's ass provender | | the lodging place | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provender=Theme | | 3 | **espy** | past | corn | corn's money | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | money | | | the mouth | | of corn's sack | 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} וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח הָאֶחָ֜ד אֶת־שַׂקּ֗וֹ לָתֵ֥ת מִסְפּ֛וֹא לַחֲמֹר֖וֹ בַּמָּל֑וֹן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־כַּסְפּ֔וֹ וְהִנֵּה־ה֖וּא בְּפִ֥י אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ [Genesis 42:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1388` 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 42:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1387/) - next →: [Genesis 42:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1389/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.27/)