--- title: Genesis 23:9 (JPS 1917) — that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is i… · tree and pragmatics description: that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.' Who acts: Abraham, cave. 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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 (Abraham, cave), 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:609 # text = that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place.' 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Machpelah Machpelah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 burying burying NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | may | Abraham | the cave of Machpelah | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient cave=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | Abraham | the cave of Machpelah | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | the cave of Machpelah | | | | in the end | of Abraham's field | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | Abraham | cave | me | the midst of you | | for the full price; for a possession of a burying place | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for price=Asset to i=Recipient | | 6 | **possess** | | | a burying place | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְיִתֶּן־לִ֗י אֶת־מְעָרַ֤ת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּקְצֵ֣ה שָׂדֵ֑הוּ בְּכֶ֨סֶף מָלֵ֜א יִתְּנֶ֥נָּה לִ֛י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָֽבֶר׃ [Genesis 23:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:609` 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 23:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.608/) - next →: [Genesis 23:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.610/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 23:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.9/)