--- title: Exodus 37:25 (JPS 1917) — And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the len… · tree and pragmatics description: And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it. Who acts: Bezalel, cubit, two cubits, horns. 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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, cubit, two cubits, horns), 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:1148 # text = And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four-square; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it. 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 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 acacia acacia NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 18 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cubit cubit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:unmarked _ _ 25 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ _ 29 square square ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 cubits cubit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 . . 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 altar of incense of acacia wood | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Product | | 2 | **is a** | past | a cubit | the length and a cubit the breadth | | | | thereof *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | two cubits | the height | | | | thereof *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | the horns | | | | | of one piece; with piece | tree rules | 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} וַיַּ֛עַשׂ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הַקְּטֹ֖רֶת עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים אַמָּ֣ה אָרְכּוֹ֩ וְאַמָּ֨ה רָחְבּ֜וֹ רָב֗וּעַ וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙ קֹֽמָת֔וֹ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הָי֥וּ קַרְנֹתָֽיו׃ [Exodus 37:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1148` 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 37:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1147/) - next →: [Exodus 37:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1149/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 37:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.37.25/)