--- title: Genesis 42:36 (JPS 1917) — And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my ch… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.' Who acts: Jacob, ye, things. 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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 (Jacob, ye, things), 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:1397 # text = And Jacob their father said unto them: 'Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; upon me are all these things come.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 10 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bereaved bereave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 Simeon Simeon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 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 | Jacob | | | | | unto spies *= spy* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bereave** | present · perfect | ye | Me | | | | of my children | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | future | ye | Benjamin | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benjamin=Theme | | 4 | **come** | present | all things | | | | | upon me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon i=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ יַעֲקֹ֣ב אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֹתִ֖י שִׁכַּלְתֶּ֑ם יוֹסֵ֤ף אֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְשִׁמְע֣וֹן אֵינֶ֔נּוּ וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִ֣ן תִּקָּ֔חוּ עָלַ֖י הָי֥וּ כֻלָּֽנָה׃ [Genesis 42:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1397` 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 42:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1396/) - next →: [Genesis 42:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1398/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 42:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.36/)