--- title: Genesis 45:27 (JPS 1917) — And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto th… · tree and pragmatics description: And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. Who acts: brethren, Joseph, spirit. 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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 (brethren, Joseph, spirit), 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:1501 # text = And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wagons wagon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 . . 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | brethren | all words of Joseph | Joseph | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient word=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Joseph | all words of Joseph | | | | unto brethren | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | Joseph | the wagons | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wagon=Stimulus | | 4 | **send** | past · perfect | Joseph | the wagons | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Joseph *not said here* | Joseph | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **revive** | past | the spirit of Jacob | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **word** | | | Joseph | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֣ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֤י יוֹסֵף֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֲגָל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֥ח יוֹסֵ֖ף לָשֵׂ֣את אֹת֑וֹ וַתְּחִ֕י ר֖וּחַ יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶֽם׃ [Genesis 45:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.45.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1501` 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 45:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1500/) - next →: [Genesis 45:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1502/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 45:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.45.27/)