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title: Genesis 50:11 (JPS 1917) — And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourni… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. Who acts: inhabitants, This, Abel mizraim. Genesis 50:11 in JPS 1917 w
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# Genesis 50:11 · JPS 1917

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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

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**Who acts:** inhabitants, This, Abel mizraim · **What happens:** see, say, be, call, name · **To what, where:** mourning, floor, grievous mourning, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Genesis 50:11 · 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 (inhabitants, This, Abel mizraim), 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:1646
# text = And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said: 'This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians.' Wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Canaanites	Canaanites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Atad	Atad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
24	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	_
25	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	29	nsubj	_	_
26	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	grievous	grievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	ccomp	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Egyptians	Egyptians	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	_	_
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
34	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
35	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	41	advmod	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nmod	_	_
40	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	parataxis	_	_
42	Abel	Abel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	_
44	mizraim	Abel-mizraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	xcomp	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
47	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
48	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	acl:relcl	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the inhabitants of the land | the mourning |  | the floor of Atad |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mourning=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | This | a grievous mourning |  |  |  | to the Egyptians | tree rules |
| 4 | **call** | past · passive |  | the name of mourning |  |  |  | wherefore *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 5 | **is** | present | Abel mizraim |  |  |  |  | beyond the Jordan | tree rules |
| 6 | **name** |  |  | mourning |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וַיַּ֡רְא יוֹשֵׁב֩ הָאָ֨רֶץ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י אֶת־הָאֵ֗בֶל בְּגֹ֙רֶנ֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד גֹ֙רֶנ֙ הָֽאָטָ֔ד וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵֽבֶל־כָּבֵ֥ד זֶ֖ה לְמִצְרָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֞ן קָרָ֤א שְׁמָהּ֙ אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אָבֵ֣ל מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּעֵ֥בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

[Genesis 50:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.11/)

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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:1646` of Mova's parse database.

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