--- title: Genesis 17:13 (JPS 1917) — He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money,… · tree and pragmatics description: He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. Who acts: covenant, 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 (covenant, 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:426 # text = He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 conj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 needs needs ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 circumcised circumcise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · passive | | | | thy house | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **buy** | present · passive | | | | | | with thy money | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **circumcise** | must · passive | | God | | | | needs *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | shall | My covenant | | | your flesh | | for a everlasting covenant | tree rules | | 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} הִמּ֧וֹל ׀ יִמּ֛וֹל יְלִ֥יד בֵּֽיתְךָ֖ וּמִקְנַ֣ת כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ וְהָיְתָ֧ה בְרִיתִ֛י בִּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם לִבְרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃ [Genesis 17:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:426` 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 17:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.425/) - next →: [Genesis 17:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.427/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 17:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.13/)