--- title: Exodus 6:6 (JPS 1917) — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will… · tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments; Who acts: you, I. 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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 (you, I), 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:145 # text = Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments; 1 Wherefore wherefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 burdens burden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Egyptians egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bondage bondage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 outstretched outstretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 judgments judgment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the children of Israel; wherefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring out** | future | I | you | | the burdens of the Egyptians | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 4 | **deliver** | future | I | you | | Egyptians's bondage | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from bondage=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **redeem** | future | I | you | | | | with a outstretched arm and great judgments | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **burden** | | | the Egyptians | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} לָכֵ֞ן אֱמֹ֥ר לִבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘לאֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֒ וְהוֹצֵאתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֗ם מִתַּ֙חַת֙ סִבְלֹ֣ת מִצְרַ֔יִם וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵעֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וְגָאַלְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבִשְׁפָטִ֖ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃ [Exodus 6:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:145` 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 6:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.144/) - next →: [Exodus 6:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.146/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.6/)