--- title: Genesis 12:19 (JPS 1917) — Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife;… · tree and pragmatics description: Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.' Who acts: thou, Pharaoh, I. 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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 (thou, Pharaoh, I), 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:332 # text = Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.' 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 2 advmod _ _ 2 saidst say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 10 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 xcomp _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 21 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Pharaoh | my sister | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | I | | Pharaoh | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my wife | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **behold** | infinitive | | thy wife | | | now | therefore *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | | | Pharaoh | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | | thy way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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} לָמָ֤ה אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וָאֶקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ לִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַתָּ֕ה הִנֵּ֥ה אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ קַ֥ח וָלֵֽךְ׃ [Genesis 12:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:332` 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 12:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.331/) - next →: [Genesis 12:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.333/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.12.19/)