--- title: Genesis 17:14 (JPS 1917) — And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of hi… · tree and pragmatics description: And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.' Who acts: God, 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 (God, 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:427 # text = And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken My covenant.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 uncircumcised uncircumcised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 circumcised circumcise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 foreskin foreskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 parataxis _ _ 29 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **circumcise** | present · passive | | the uncircumcised male | | the flesh of God's foreskin | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | the uncircumcised male | | | | from God's people | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from people=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **break** | present · perfect | God | My covenant | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer covenant=Patient | | 4 | **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} וְעָרֵ֣ל ׀ זָכָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִמּוֹל֙ אֶת־בְּשַׂ֣ר עָרְלָת֔וֹ וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּ֑יהָ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הֵפַֽר׃ס [Genesis 17:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:427` 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 17:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.426/) - next →: [Genesis 17:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.428/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.14/)