--- title: Genesis 20:7 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he sh… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.' Who acts: you, man, thou. 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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 (you, man, thou), 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:529 # text = Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 restore restore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 surely surely ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 42 conj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | imperative | you *not said here* | the man's wife | | | now | therefore *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | man | a prophet | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** | shall | man | | | | | for thee | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for thou=Theme | | 4 | **live** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **restore** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | wife | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **know** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **die** | shall | thou | | | | | surely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **is a** | present | | thine | | | | | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה הָשֵׁ֤ב אֵֽשֶׁת־הָאִישׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָבִ֣יא ה֔וּא וְיִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּֽעַדְךָ֖ וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה וְאִם־אֵֽינְךָ֣ מֵשִׁ֗יב דַּ֚ע כִּי־מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת אַתָּ֖ה וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃ [Genesis 20:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:529` 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 20:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.528/) - next →: [Genesis 20:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.530/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.7/)