--- title: Genesis 12:13 (JPS 1917) — Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me fo… · tree and pragmatics description: Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.' Who acts: you, I, famine, soul. 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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 (you, I, famine, soul), 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:326 # text = Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.' 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 8 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 29 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 31 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | | my sister | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | may | famine | | | | | with me; for thy sake; well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **live** | may | my soul | | | | | because thee | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} אִמְרִי־נָ֖א אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יִֽיטַב־לִ֣י בַעֲבוּרֵ֔ךְ וְחָיְתָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י בִּגְלָלֵֽךְ׃ [Genesis 12:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:326` 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 12:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.325/) - next →: [Genesis 12:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.327/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.13/)