--- title: Exodus 39:20 (JPS 1917) — And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pi… · tree and pragmatics description: And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. Who acts: ends. 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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 (ends), 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:1203 # text = And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 15 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 17 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 underneath underneath ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 forepart forepart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 26 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 close close ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 coupling coupling NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 above above ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 skilfully skilfully ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 38 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . 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 | ends *= end* | two rings of gold | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ring=Product | | 2 | **put** | past | ends *= end* *not said here* | ends *= end* | | the two shoulder pieces of the ephod | | in the forepart; above the woven band of the ephod; close *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on piece=Destination | | 3 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | skilfully *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «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} וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ֮ שְׁתֵּ֣י טַבְּעֹ֣ת זָהָב֒ וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֡ם עַל־שְׁתֵּי֩ כִתְפֹ֨ת הָאֵפֹ֤ד מִלְמַ֙טָּה֙ מִמּ֣וּל פָּנָ֔יו לְעֻמַּ֖ת מֶחְבַּרְתּ֑וֹ מִמַּ֕עַל לְחֵ֖שֶׁב הָאֵפֹֽד׃ [Exodus 39:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1203` 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 39:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1202/) - next →: [Exodus 39:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1204/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 39:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.20/)