--- title: Exodus 37:16 (JPS 1917) — And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereo… · tree and pragmatics description: And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the jars thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. Who acts: Bezalel, vessels. 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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 (Bezalel, vessels), 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:1138 # text = And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the pans thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the jars thereof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. 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 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 14 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 19 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 24 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 jars jar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 29 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 . . 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 | **make** | past | Bezalel | the vessels and the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the jars | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Product | | 2 | **is** | past | the vessels and the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the jars | | | | | upon the table | tree rules | | 3 | **pour out** | to-infinitive | Bezalel *not said here* | the vessels and the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the jars *not said here* | | | | of pure gold; wherewith *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of gold=Location | 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} וַיַּ֜עַשׂ אֶֽת־הַכֵּלִ֣ים ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֗ן אֶת־קְעָרֹתָ֤יו וְאֶת־כַּפֹּתָיו֙ וְאֵת֙ מְנַקִּיֹּתָ֔יו וְאֶת־הַקְּשָׂוֺ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֻסַּ֖ךְ בָּהֵ֑ן זָהָ֖ב טָהֽוֹר׃פ [Exodus 37:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1138` 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 37:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1137/) - next →: [Exodus 37:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1139/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 37:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.16/)