--- title: Genesis 21:23 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal fals… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.' Who acts: you, thou, I. Genesis 21:23 in JPS 1917 wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.564/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Genesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/) / [chapter 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN/21/) / [21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.23/) / JPS 1 # Genesis 21:23 · JPS 1917 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.' **Who acts:** you, thou, I · **What happens:** swear, not deal, accord, do, sojourn · **To what, where:** kindness This is Genesis 21:23 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, 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:564 # text = Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son; but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 swear swear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 11 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 14 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 31 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 case _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 55 advmod _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 sojourned sojourn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | here | now | unto me; by God; therefore *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **deal** | future | thou | | | | | with me; falsely *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with i=Theme | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | I | the kindness | | | | unto thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** | shall | thou | | | | | accord the kindness; unto me; to the land | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sojourn** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | wherein *property* | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | 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 הִשָּׁ֨בְעָה לִּ֤י בֵֽאלֹהִים֙ הֵ֔נָּה אִם־תִּשְׁקֹ֣ר לִ֔י וּלְנִינִ֖י וּלְנֶכְדִּ֑י כַּחֶ֜סֶד אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֤יתִי עִמְּךָ֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עִמָּדִ֔י וְעִם־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־גַּ֥רְתָּה בָּֽהּ׃ [Genesis 21:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:564` 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 21:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.563/) - next →: [Genesis 21:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.565/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 21:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.23/)