--- title: Exodus 6:7 (JPS 1917) — and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God;… · tree and pragmatics description: and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Who acts: I, ye, 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 (I, ye, 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:146 # text = and I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 God God NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 40 case _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 burdens burden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | future | I | you | Me | | | for a people | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to i=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | future | I | a God | you | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | past | the LORD | you | | the burdens of the Egyptians | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out burden=Initial\_Location | | 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} וְלָקַחְתִּ֨י אֶתְכֶ֥ם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים וִֽידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם הַמּוֹצִ֣יא אֶתְכֶ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת סִבְל֥וֹת מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 6:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.6.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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