--- title: Genesis 9:11 (JPS 1917) — And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh b… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.' Who acts: I, waters, flood, My. 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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 (I, waters, flood, My), 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:228 # text = And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 any any ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 15 advmod _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl:agent _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 28 there there PRON EX _ 31 expl _ _ 29 any any ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 31 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | future | I | My covenant | | | | with you | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme with you=Source | | 2 | **cut off** | shall · passive | the waters of the flood | all flesh | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **be** | shall | a flood | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | a flood *not said here* | the earth | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | | 5 | **covenant** | | My | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י אֶת־בְּרִיתִי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְלֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֧ת כָּל־בָּשָׂ֛ר ע֖וֹד מִמֵּ֣י הַמַּבּ֑וּל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה ע֛וֹד מַבּ֖וּל לְשַׁחֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Genesis 9:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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