--- title: Genesis 44:17 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whos… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.' Who acts: God, it, I, man. 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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 (God, it, I, man), 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:1456 # text = And he said: 'Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 csubj _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 bondman bondman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 36 case _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | it | | | | | from me; far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | should | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | present · passive | the man in the man in the man's hand's hand *not said here* | the goblet | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **is a** | shall | the man in the man in the man's hand's hand | my bondman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **get up** | infinitive | | you | | peace | | as you; unto your father | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus as you=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} וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חָלִ֣ילָה לִּ֔י מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹת זֹ֑את הָאִ֡ישׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נִמְצָ֨א הַגָּבִ֜יעַ בְּיָד֗וֹ ה֚וּא יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣י עָ֔בֶד וְאַתֶּ֕ם עֲל֥וּ לְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶל־אֲבִיכֶֽם׃פ [Genesis 44:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1456` 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 44:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1455/) - next →: [Genesis 44:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1457/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 44:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.44.17/)