--- title: Exodus 7:9 (JPS 1917) — 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; t… · tree and pragmatics description: 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' Who acts: Pharaoh, thou, rod. 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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 (Pharaoh, thou, rod), 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:186 # text = 'When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 2 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | Pharaoh | | | | | unto you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **show** | infinitive | | a wonder | | | | for you | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wonder=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | then | unto Aaron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | thy rod | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Theme | | 6 | **cast down** | infinitive | | rod | | | before Pharaoh | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme before pharaoh=Destination | | 7 | **become** | infinitive | rod | a serpent | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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} כִּי֩ יְדַבֵּ֨ר אֲלֵכֶ֤ם פַּרְעֹה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם מוֹפֵ֑ת וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֧ח אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֛ וְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ לִפְנֵֽי־פַרְעֹ֖ה יְהִ֥י לְתַנִּֽין׃ [Exodus 7:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.7.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:186` 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 7:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.185/) - next →: [Exodus 7:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.187/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.7.9/)