--- title: Genesis 47:18 (JPS 1917) — And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, an… · tree and pragmatics description: And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him: 'We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands. 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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 (cattle, We, herds, nought), 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:1559 # text = And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him: 'We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 22 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 46 's 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 49 expl _ _ 49 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 50 nought nought PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 49 nsubj _ _ 51 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 64 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 conj _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past · passive | | that year | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | past | cattle | | | | year | unto Joseph | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | cattle *not said here* | | | | | unto Joseph | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **hide** | future | We | | | | | from my lord | tree rules | | 5 | **spend** | present · passive | | our money | | | | all *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 6 | **is** | present | the herds of cattle | | | | | 's my lord | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | present | nought | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | in the sight of my lord *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sight=Result | | 9 | **sight** | | | my lord | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} וַתִּתֹּם֮ הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִוא֒ וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ אֵלָ֜יו בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֹֽא־נְכַחֵ֣ד מֵֽאֲדֹנִ֔י כִּ֚י אִם־תַּ֣ם הַכֶּ֔סֶף וּמִקְנֵ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֑י לֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י בִּלְתִּ֥י אִם־גְּוִיָּתֵ֖נוּ וְאַדְמָתֵֽנוּ׃ [Genesis 47:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1559` 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 47:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1558/) - next →: [Genesis 47:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1560/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 47:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.18/)