--- title: Genesis 47:6 (JPS 1917) — the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy f… · tree and pragmatics description: the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. Who acts: father. 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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 (father), 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:1544 # text = the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 root _ _ 7 thee thee ADP IN _ 0 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Goshen Goshen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | infinitive | | thy father and thy brethren | | the best of the land | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | thy father and thy brethren *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | father | | the land of Goshen | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dwell** | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְפָנֶ֣יךָ הִ֔וא בְּמֵיטַ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ הוֹשֵׁ֥ב אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אַחֶ֑יךָ יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֔שֶׁן וְאִם־יָדַ֗עְתָּ וְיֶשׁ־בָּם֙ אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֔יִל וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ם שָׂרֵ֥י מִקְנֶ֖ה עַל־אֲשֶׁר־לִֽי׃ [Genesis 47:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.6/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell.** 2. [And if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1545/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1544` 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 47:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1543/) - next →: [Genesis 47:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1545/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 47:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.6/)