--- title: Genesis 24:49 (JPS 1917) — And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; an… · tree and pragmatics description: And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.' Who acts: ye, you, 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 (ye, you, 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:674 # text = And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 7 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 truly truly ADV RB _ 7 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 not not ADV RB Polarity=Neg 21 advcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deal** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | | | | | with my master; kindly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with master=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | me | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **turn** | may | I | | | the right hand or the left | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hand=Trajectory | 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} וְ֠עַתָּה אִם־יֶשְׁכֶ֨ם עֹשִׂ֜ים חֶ֧סֶד וֶֽאֱמֶ֛ת אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַגִּ֣ידוּ לִ֑י וְאִם־לֹ֕א הַגִּ֣ידוּ לִ֔י וְאֶפְנֶ֥ה עַל־יָמִ֖ין א֥וֹ עַל־שְׂמֹֽאל׃ [Genesis 24:49: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.49/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:674` 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 24:48 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.673/) - next →: [Genesis 24:50 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.675/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.49/)