--- title: Genesis 9:15 (JPS 1917) — that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and ev… · tree and pragmatics description: that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Who acts: I, covenant, waters, 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, covenant, waters, 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:232 # text = that I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 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 remember remember 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 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 conj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | future | I | My covenant and every living creature of all flesh | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | My covenant and every living creature of all flesh | | | | | between Me | tree rules | | 3 | **become** | shall | the waters | a flood | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the waters *not said here* | all flesh | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=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} וְזָכַרְתִּ֣י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר בֵּינִי֙ וּבֵ֣ינֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֵ֛ין כָּל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּ֖ה בְּכָל־בָּשָׂ֑ר וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה ע֤וֹד הַמַּ֙יִם֙ לְמַבּ֔וּל לְשַׁחֵ֖ת כָּל־בָּשָֽׂר׃ [Genesis 9:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:232` 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 9:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.231/) - next →: [Genesis 9:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.233/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 9:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.15/)