--- title: Genesis 17:20 (JPS 1917) — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, a… · tree and pragmatics description: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. Who acts: I, Ishmael. 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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, Ishmael), 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:433 # text = And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 Ishmael Ishmael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obj _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 behold behold INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 fruitful fruitful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 multiply multiply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 30 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 beget beget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | as Ishmael | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 2 | **bless** | present · perfect | I | Ishmael | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **make** | future | I *not said here* | Ishmael | | | | fruitful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 4 | **multiply** | future | I *not said here* | Ishmael | | | | exceedingly *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **beget** | shall | Ishmael | twelve princes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 6 | **make** | future | I | Ishmael | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | 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} וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אלשְׁמַעְתִּיךָ֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי אֹת֗וֹ וְהִפְרֵיתִ֥י אֹת֛וֹ וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֥י אֹת֖וֹ בִּמְאֹ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֤ר נְשִׂיאִם֙ יוֹלִ֔יד וּנְתַתִּ֖יו לְג֥וֹי גָּדֽוֹל׃ [Genesis 17:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:433` 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 17:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.432/) - next →: [Genesis 17:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.434/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 17:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.17.20/)