--- title: Genesis 27:20 (JPS 1917) — And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so q… · tree and pragmatics description: And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.' Who acts: Isaac, it, thou, LORD. 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And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.' **Who acts:** Isaac, it, thou, LORD · **What happens:** say, be, find, send · **To what, where:** soul, good speed, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Genesis 27:20 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Isaac, it, thou, 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:794 # text = And Isaac said unto his son: 'How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?' And he said: 'Because the LORD thy God sent me good speed.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 csubj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 vocative _ _ 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 29 Because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac | | | | | unto Isaac's son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | present · perfect | thou | soul | | | | my son *vocative*; quickly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaac | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send** | past | the LORD | good speed | me | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination speed=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִצְחָק֙ אֶל־בְּנ֔וֹ מַה־זֶּ֛ה מִהַ֥רְתָּ לִמְצֹ֖א בְּנִ֑י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י הִקְרָ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְפָנָֽי׃ [Genesis 27:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:GEN:794` 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 27:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.793/) - next →: [Genesis 27:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.795/) - ↑ back to [Genesis 27:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.20/)