--- title: Exodus 34:29 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth beams while He talked with him. Who acts: covenant, Moses, skin. 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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 (covenant, Moses, skin), 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:1040 # text = And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face sent forth beams while He talked with him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 Sinai Sinai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ' 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 when when SCONJ WRB _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 37 not not ADV RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 45 forth forth ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | covenant | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | covenant *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come down** | past | Moses | | | mount | | with the two tables of the testimony in Moses's hand; down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mount=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come down** | past | Moses | | | the mount | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mount=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | Moses | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **send** | past | the skin of skin's face | beams | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Theme | | 7 | **talk** | past | Moses | | | | | with skin | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-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} וַיְהִ֗י בְּרֶ֤דֶת מֹשֶׁה֙ מֵהַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וּשְׁנֵ֨י לֻחֹ֤ת הָֽעֵדֻת֙ בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בְּרִדְתּ֖וֹ מִן־הָהָ֑ר וּמֹשֶׁ֣ה לֹֽא־יָדַ֗ע כִּ֥י קָרַ֛ן ע֥וֹר פָּנָ֖יו בְּדַבְּר֥וֹ אִתּֽוֹ׃ [Exodus 34:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1040` 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 34:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1039/) - next →: [Exodus 34:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1041/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 34:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.29/)