--- title: Genesis 49:26 (JPS 1917) — The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my pr… · tree and pragmatics description: The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren. Who acts: blessings. 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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 (blessings), 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:1625 # text = The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 blessings blessing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 blessings blessing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 progenitors progenitor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bound bound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 among among ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the blessings of thy father | | | | | beyond the blessings of my progenitors; unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; mighty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | shall | blessings *= blessing* | | | the head and the crown of the head of the prince among Joseph's brethren | | of Joseph | tree rules | | 3 | **bless** | | | thy father | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **bless** | | | my progenitors | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **crown** | | | the head of the prince among Joseph's brethren | | | | | nom crown «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} בִּרְכֹ֣ת אָבִ֗יךָ גָּֽבְרוּ֙ עַל־בִּרְכֹ֣ת הוֹרַ֔י עַֽד־תַּאֲוַ֖ת גִּבְעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙לְרֹ֣אשׁ יוֹסֵ֔ף וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד נְזִ֥יר אֶחָֽיו׃פ [Genesis 49:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1625` 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 49:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1624/) - next →: [Genesis 49:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1626/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 49:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.26/)