--- title: Exodus 5:8 (JPS 1917) — And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall… · tree and pragmatics description: And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. Who acts: people, tale, ye, us. 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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 (people, tale, ye, us), 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:124 # text = And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 heretofore heretofore ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 diminish diminish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 24 aught aught PRON NN PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 25 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 idle idle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cry cry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 39 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · do-support | people | the bricks | | | | heretofore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset which=Product | | 2 | **lay** | shall | the tale of the bricks | | | | | upon people | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon they=Destination | | 3 | **not** **diminish** | shall | ye | aught | | | | thereof *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer aught=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | people | | | | | idle *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | people | | | | | therefore *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sacrifice** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | our God | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to god=Recipient | | 10 | **tell** | | the bricks | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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} וְאֶת־מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם֩ עֹשִׂ֨ים תְּמ֤וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם֙ תָּשִׂ֣ימוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תִגְרְע֖וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּֽי־נִרְפִּ֣ים הֵ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן הֵ֤ם צֹֽעֲקִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נֵלְכָ֖ה נִזְבְּחָ֥ה לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ [Exodus 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:124` 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 5:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.123/) - next →: [Exodus 5:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.125/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.5.8/)