--- title: Genesis 20:13 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's h… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.' Who acts: fear, God, me, 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 (fear, God, me, 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:535 # text = And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her: This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me: He is my brother.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 39 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 ccomp _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | fear | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | fear *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cause** | past | God | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wander** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | my father's house | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from house=Trajectory | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | unto wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | This | thy kindness | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **show** | shall | thou | thy kindness | | | | unto me | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 8 | **come** | shall | we | | | | | whither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | every place | | of me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | God | 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} וַיְהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י אֱלֹהִים֮ מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֒ וָאֹמַ֣ר לָ֔הּ זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י אֶ֤ל כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה אִמְרִי־לִ֖י אָחִ֥י הֽוּא׃ [Genesis 20:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:535` 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 20:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.534/) - next →: [Genesis 20:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.536/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 20:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.20.13/)