--- title: Genesis 20:5 (JPS 1917) — Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she her… · tree and pragmatics description: Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. Who acts: Abimelech, woman. 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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 (Abimelech, woman), 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:525 # text = Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. 1 Said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 1 advmod _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 8 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 appos _ _ 18 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod:unmarked _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=assert, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abimelech | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | woman | my sister | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | Abimelech | my brother | | | | | tree rules | 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} הֲלֹ֨א ה֤וּא אָֽמַר־לִי֙ אֲחֹ֣תִי הִ֔וא וְהִֽיא־גַם־הִ֥וא אָֽמְרָ֖ה אָחִ֣י ה֑וּא בְּתָם־לְבָבִ֛י וּבְנִקְיֹ֥ן כַּפַּ֖י עָשִׂ֥יתִי זֹֽאת׃ [Genesis 20:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.5/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother.** 2. [In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.526/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:525` 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 20:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.524/) - next →: [Genesis 20:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.526/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.5/)