--- title: Genesis 50:13 (JPS 1917) — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in… · tree and pragmatics description: For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre. Who acts: sons, Abraham. 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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 (sons, Abraham), 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:1648 # text = For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Canaan Canaan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Machpelah Machpelah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 burying burying NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Ephron Ephron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Mamre Mamre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | Atad's sons | Atad | | the land of Canaan | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **bury** | past | Atad's sons *not said here* | Atad | | the cave of the field of Machpelah | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in cave=Destination | | 3 | **buy** | past | Abraham | the field of Machpelah | | front of Mamre | | with the field; for a possession of a burying place; of Ephron | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent which=Theme for possession=Beneficiary | | 4 | **possess** | | | a burying place | | | | | nom possession «act 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} וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ אֹת֤וֹ בָנָיו֙ אַ֣רְצָה כְּנַ֔עַן וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ בִּמְעָרַ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה הַמַּכְפֵּלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָנָה֩ אַבְרָהָ֨ם אֶת־הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה לַאֲחֻזַּת־קֶ֗בֶר מֵאֵ֛ת עֶפְרֹ֥ן הַחִתִּ֖י עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מַמְרֵֽא׃ [Genesis 50:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:1648` 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 50:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1647/) - next →: [Genesis 50:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1649/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 50:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.50.13/)