--- title: Genesis 24:27 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.' Who acts: Nahor, God, LORD. 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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 (Nahor, God, LORD), 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:648 # text = And he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 forsaken forsake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 22 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 toward toward ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 31 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 33 case _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 's 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=other, polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nahor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | the LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **not** **forsake** | present · perfect | the God of my master | Nahor's mercy and Nahor's truth toward my master | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lead** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | the way | | as me; to the house of my master's brethren | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme in way=Destination | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בָּר֤וּךְ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־עָזַ֥ב חַסְדּ֛וֹ וַאֲמִתּ֖וֹ מֵעִ֣ם אֲדֹנִ֑י אָנֹכִ֗י בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ נָחַ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה בֵּ֖ית אֲחֵ֥י אֲדֹנִֽי׃ [Genesis 24:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:648` 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 24:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.647/) - next →: [Genesis 24:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.649/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.27/)