--- title: Genesis 43:9 (JPS 1917) — I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I br… · tree and pragmatics description: I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. Who acts: I, thou, me. 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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 (I, thou, me), 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:1408 # text = I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 surety surety NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 11 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 13 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB _ 33 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | future | I | surety | | | | for father | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | shall | thou | father | | | | of my hand | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Precondition | | 3 | **not** **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | father | | | unto thee | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | I *not said here* | father | | thee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before thou=Destination | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | then | | tree rules | | 6 | **bear** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the blame | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus for ever=Attribute | 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} אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ מִיָּדִ֖י תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ אִם־לֹ֨א הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יו אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי לְךָ֖ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ [Genesis 43:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1408` 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 43:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1407/) - next →: [Genesis 43:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1409/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 43:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.9/)