--- title: Genesis 42:34 (JPS 1917) — And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye a… · tree and pragmatics description: And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.' Who acts: you, I, 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 (you, I, 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:1395 # text = And bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 spies spy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 ccomp _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 traffic traffic VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | imperative | you *not said here* | | your youngest brother | | | unto me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument brother=Destination | | 2 | **know** | shall | I | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | ye | no spies but upright men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | ye | upright men | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **deliver** | future | I | your brother | you | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary brother=Patient | | 6 | **traffic** | shall | ye | | | the land | | | 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} וְ֠הָבִיאוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֣ם הַקָּטֹן֮ אֵלַי֒ וְאֵֽדְעָ֗ה כִּ֣י לֹ֤א מְרַגְּלִים֙ אַתֶּ֔ם כִּ֥י כֵנִ֖ים אַתֶּ֑ם אֶת־אֲחִיכֶם֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָכֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ תִּסְחָֽרוּ׃ [Genesis 42:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1395` 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 42:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1394/) - next →: [Genesis 42:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1396/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.34/)