--- title: Genesis 26:10 (JPS 1917) — And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.' Who acts: Abimelech, thou, one. 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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 (Abimelech, thou, one), 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:743 # text = And Abimelech said: 'What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Abimelech Abimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 ccomp _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 easily easily ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 lain lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 29 wouldest would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 32 guiltiness guiltiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abimelech | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | this | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | unto us | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **lie** | might · perfect | one of the people | | | | | with thy wife; easily *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **bring** | would · perfect | thou | guiltiness | | | | upon us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent guiltiness=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ מַה־זֹּ֖את עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֑נוּ כִּ֠מְעַט שָׁכַ֞ב אַחַ֤ד הָעָם֙ אֶת־אִשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ וְהֵבֵאתָ֥ עָלֵ֖ינוּ אָשָֽׁם׃ [Genesis 26:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:743` 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 26:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.742/) - next →: [Genesis 26:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.744/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.10/)