--- title: Exodus 4:23 (JPS 1917) — And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and… · tree and pragmatics description: And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go. Who acts: I, son, lord, thou. 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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 (I, son, lord, thou), 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:103 # text = And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 17 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 21 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | My son | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | My son *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | may | lord | Me | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 5 | **refuse** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **let** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | lord | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | lord *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וָאֹמַ֣ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ שַׁלַּ֤ח אֶת־בְּנִי֙ וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן לְשַׁלְּח֑וֹ הִנֵּה֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ג אֶת־בִּנְךָ֖ בְּכֹרֶֽךָ׃ [Exodus 4:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.23/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And I have said unto thee: Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and thou hast refused to let him go.** 2. [Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.104/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:103` 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 4:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.102/) - next →: [Exodus 4:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.104/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.23/)