--- title: Genesis 24:56 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.' Who acts: brother, LORD, 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 (brother, LORD, 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:681 # text = And he said unto them: 'Delay me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.' 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Delay delay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 prospered prosper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 27 to to 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 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | | | | unto things *= thing* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **delay** | infinitive | | me | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent i=Source | | 3 | **see** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **prosper** | present · perfect | the LORD | my way | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send away** | infinitive | | me | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **go** | may | I | | | my master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ אַל־תְּאַחֲר֣וּ אֹתִ֔י וַֽיהוָ֖ה הִצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכִּ֑י שַׁלְּח֕וּנִי וְאֵלְכָ֖ה לַֽאדֹנִֽי׃ [Genesis 24:56: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.56/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:681` 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 24:55 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.680/) - next →: [Genesis 24:57 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.682/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 24:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.56/)