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title: Genesis 47:29 (JPS 1917) — And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son J… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt. Who acts: time, Israel, I, thy. Genesis 47:29 in J
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# Genesis 47:29 · JPS 1917

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And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.

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**Who acts:** time, Israel, I, thy · **What happens:** draw, die, call, say, find, put · **To what, where:** son, favour, sight, hand, thigh, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Genesis 47:29 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (time, Israel, I, thy), 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:1572
# text = And the time drew near that Israel must die; and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	near	near	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
23	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	34	punct	_	_
24	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
25	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	28	advmod	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	advcl	_	_
29	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
34	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	ccomp	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	parataxis	_	_
38	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	obj	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
42	under	under	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	thigh	thigh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	deal	deal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
48	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	48	conj	_	_
51	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
54	bury	bury	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	19	parataxis	_	_
55	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	54	advmod	_	_
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	54	parataxis	_	_
60	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	59	obj	_	_
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | the time |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | must | Israel |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **call** | past | Israel |  | Israel's son |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Recipient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | favour |  | thy sight | now |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic |
| 6 | **put** | infinitive |  | thy hand |  | my thigh |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme under thigh=Destination |
| 7 | **pray** | present | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **deal** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with me; kindly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with i=Theme |
| 9 | **not** **bury** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 10 | **pray** | present | I | thee |  | Egypt |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **sight** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וַיִּקְרְב֣וּ יְמֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ללָמוּת֒ וַיִּקְרָ֣א ׀ לִבְנ֣וֹ לְיוֹסֵ֗ף וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אִם־נָ֨א מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ שִֽׂים־נָ֥א יָדְךָ֖ תַּ֣חַת יְרֵכִ֑י וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ עִמָּדִי֙ חֶ֣סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֔ת אַל־נָ֥א תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃

[Genesis 47:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.29/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1572` 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.

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