--- title: Exodus 8:4 (JPS 1917) — (8-4) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat th… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-4) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.' Who acts: Pharaoh, I, people, frogs. 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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, I, people, frogs), 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:210 # text = (8-4) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-4 8-4 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 discourse _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 5 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 take take VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 23 away away ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 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 | **call** | past | Pharaoh | | | | then | for Moses and Aaron | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for moses=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Pharaoh *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **entreat** | infinitive | | | the LORD | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient | | 4 | **take away** | present | Pharaoh | the frogs | | | | from me | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **let** | future | I | the people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sacrifice** | may | frogs *= frog* | | | | | unto the LORD | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֜ה לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַעְתִּ֣ירוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵר֙ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמֶּ֖נִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְיִזְבְּח֖וּ לַיהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 8:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:210` 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 8:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.209/) - next →: [Exodus 8:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.211/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.4/)