--- title: Exodus 39:21 (JPS 1917) — And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the ring… · tree and pragmatics description: And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. Who acts: ends, breastplate, LORD. 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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, breastplate, LORD), 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:1204 # text = And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a thread of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 skilfully skilfully ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 amod _ _ 31 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 loosed loose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 52 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bind** | past · do-support | ends *= end* | the breastplate | | | | by the rings; unto the rings of the ephod; with a thread of blue | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent breastplate=Patient with thread=Co-Patient | | 2 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | skilfully *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | might | breastplate | | | | | upon the woven band; of the ephod | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **loose** | might · passive | | the breastplate | | the ephod | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **command** | past | the LORD | Moses | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=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} וַיִּרְכְּס֣וּ אֶת־הַחֹ֡שֶׁן מִטַּבְּעֹתָיו֩ אֶל־טַבְּעֹ֨ת הָאֵפֹ֜ד בִּפְתִ֣יל תְּכֵ֗לֶת לִֽהְיֹת֙ עַל־חֵ֣שֶׁב הָאֵפֹ֔ד וְלֹֽא־יִזַּ֣ח הַחֹ֔שֶׁן מֵעַ֖ל הָאֵפֹ֑ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ [Exodus 39:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:1204` 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 39:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1203/) - next →: [Exodus 39:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1205/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 39:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.39.21/)