--- title: Exodus 33:17 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also that thou h… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by name.' Who acts: LORD, I, thou, My. Exodus 33:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1000/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Exodus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/) / [chapter 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO/33/) / [33:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.33.17/) / JPS 1 # Exodus 33:17 · JPS 1917 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by name.' **Who acts:** LORD, I, thou, My · **What happens:** say, do, speak, find, know, sight · **To what, where:** thing, grace, sight, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Exodus 33:17 · 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 (LORD, I, thou, My), 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:EXO:1000 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: 'I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken, for thou hast found grace in My sight, and I know thee by name.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 also also ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 24 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - 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 | the LORD | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | future | I | this thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **find** | present · perfect | thou | grace | | My sight | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grace=Topic | | 5 | **know** | present | I | thee | | | | by name | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 6 | **sight** | | My | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה גַּ֣ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֑ה כִּֽי־מָצָ֤אתָ חֵן֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וָאֵדָעֲךָ֖ בְּשֵֽׁם׃ [Exodus 33:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.33.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1000` 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: [Exodus 33:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.999/) - next →: [Exodus 33:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1001/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 33:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.33.17/)