--- title: Genesis 44:8 (JPS 1917) — Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought b… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:1446 # text = Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 dislocated _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obl _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | we | the money | | our sacks's mouths | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 2 | **bring back** | past | we | | | the land of Canaan | | unto thee; the money *dislocated* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent out land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **steal** | should | we | thy lord's house's silver or gold | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location silver=Theme | 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} הֵ֣ן כֶּ֗סֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר מָצָ֙אנוּ֙ בְּפִ֣י אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ הֱשִׁיבֹ֥נוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וְאֵ֗יךְ נִגְנֹב֙ מִבֵּ֣ית אֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ כֶּ֖סֶף א֥וֹ זָהָֽב׃ [Genesis 44:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1446` 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 44:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1445/) - next →: [Genesis 44:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1447/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 44:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.8/)