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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 (Moses, I, people, 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:EXO:1016 # text = And He said: 'Behold, I make a covenant; before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD that I am about to do with thee, that it is tremendous. 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 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 9 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 20 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 42 among among ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 56 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 acl:relcl _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 obl _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 63 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 65 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 advcl _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | Moses | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | I | a covenant | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Product | | 3 | **do** | future | I | marvels | | | before thy people | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marvel=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **wrought** | present · perfect · passive | | marvels *not said here* | | all earth nor any nation | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | shall | all people | the work of the LORD | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer work=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | I | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | that | | | | with thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 8 | **is** | present | people | | | | | tremendous *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **work** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ כֹּרֵ֣ת בְּרִית֒ נֶ֤גֶד כָּֽל־עַמְּךָ֙ אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה נִפְלָאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־נִבְרְא֥וּ בְכָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבְכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְרָאָ֣ה כָל־הָ֠עָם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֨ה בְקִרְבּ֜וֹ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־נוֹרָ֣א ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ [Exodus 34:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1016` 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 34:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1015/) - next →: [Exodus 34:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1017/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 34:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.10/)