--- title: Genesis 43:32 (JPS 1917) — And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. Who acts: eyes, Egyptians, that. 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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 (eyes, Egyptians, that), 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:1434 # text = And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 36 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Hebrews Hebrews PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set on** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | for Joseph | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | | 2 | **eat** | past · do-support | the Egyptians by eyes | | | | | with Joseph | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **eat** | might | the Egyptians | bread | | | | with the Hebrews | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | that | a abomination | | | | unto the Egyptians | 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} וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ ל֛וֹ לְבַדּ֖וֹ וְלָהֶ֣ם לְבַדָּ֑ם וְלַמִּצְרִ֞ים הָאֹכְלִ֤ים אִתּוֹ֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם כִּי֩ לֹ֨א יוּכְל֜וּן הַמִּצְרִ֗ים לֶאֱכֹ֤ל אֶת־הָֽעִבְרִים֙ לֶ֔חֶם כִּי־תוֹעֵבָ֥ה הִ֖וא לְמִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Genesis 43:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1434` 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 43:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1433/) - next →: [Genesis 43:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1435/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 43:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.32/)