--- title: Genesis 20:9 (JPS 1917) — Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou do… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.' Who acts: Abimelech, thou, I. 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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, thou, I), 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:531 # text = Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: 'What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Abimelech Abimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 13 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 24 against against ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 44 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Abimelech | | Abraham | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent abraham=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abimelech *not said here* | | | | | unto Abimelech | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | unto us | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **sin** | present · perfect | I | | | | | against thee; wherein *property* | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against thou=Maleficiary | | 5 | **bring** | present · perfect | thou | a great sin | | | | on me | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sin=Theme on i=Destination | | 6 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | deeds | | | | unto me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **do** | ought · passive | thou *not said here* | deeds | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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} וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְאַבְרָהָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֜וֹ מֶֽה־עָשִׂ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ וּמֶֽה־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־הֵבֵ֧אתָ עָלַ֛י וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתִּ֖י חֲטָאָ֣ה גְדֹלָ֑ה מַעֲשִׂים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂ֔וּ עָשִׂ֖יתָ עִמָּדִֽי׃ [Genesis 20:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:531` 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 20:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.530/) - next →: [Genesis 20:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.532/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 20:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.9/)