--- title: Exodus 8:5 (JPS 1917) — (8-5) And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; ag… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-5) And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?' Who acts: Moses, 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 (Moses, 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:211 # text = (8-5) And Moses said unto Pharaoh: 'Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-5 8-5 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Have have AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto Pharaoh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **entreat** | shall | I | | | | time | for thee | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **destroy** | infinitive · passive | | the frogs | | thee | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **remain** | infinitive | | | | the river | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֣ה לְפַרְעֹה֮ הִתְפָּאֵ֣ר עָלַי֒ לְמָתַ֣י ׀ אַעְתִּ֣יר לְךָ֗ וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וּֽלְעַמְּךָ֔ לְהַכְרִית֙ הַֽצֲפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמְּךָ֖ וּמִבָּתֶּ֑יךָ רַ֥ק בַּיְאֹ֖ר תִּשָּׁאַֽרְנָה׃ [Exodus 8:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:211` 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 8:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.210/) - next →: [Exodus 8:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.212/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.5/)