--- title: Genesis 47:9 (JPS 1917) — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: 'The days of the years of my sojourning… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: 'The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.' 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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 (Jacob, days, few, sojournings), 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:1549 # text = And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: 'The days of the years of my sojournings are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojournings.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sojournings sojourning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 conj _ _ 21 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 nsubj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 attained attain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 sojournings sojourning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob | | | | | unto Pharaoh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | the days of the years of my sojournings | hundred years | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present · perfect | few | the days | | | year | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **attain** | present · perfect | sojournings *= sojourning* | | | | day | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יַעֲקֹב֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י מְגוּרַ֔י שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּמְאַ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה מְעַ֣ט וְרָעִ֗ים הָיוּ֙ יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י וְלֹ֣א הִשִּׂ֗יגוּ אֶת־יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י אֲבֹתַ֔י בִּימֵ֖י מְגוּרֵיהֶֽם׃ [Genesis 47:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1549` 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 47:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1548/) - next →: [Genesis 47:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1550/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 47:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.9/)