--- title: Genesis 17:7 (JPS 1917) — And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed af… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. Who acts: I, 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, 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:420 # text = And I will establish My covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 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 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 conj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 16 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 God god NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 34 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | future | I | My covenant | | | after thee; throughout nations's generations | between Me; for a everlasting covenant | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a God and thy seed after thee | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 3 | **covenant** | | My | | | | | between Me | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: poss=agent between=obl | 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} וַהֲקִמֹתִ֨י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֜י בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ֧ אַחֲרֶ֛יךָ לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם לִבְרִ֣ית עוֹלָ֑ם לִהְי֤וֹת לְךָ֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וּֽלְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ [Genesis 17:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:420` 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 17:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.419/) - next →: [Genesis 17:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.421/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 17:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.7/)