--- title: Exodus 8:11 (JPS 1917) — (8-11) But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-11) But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. Who acts: Pharaoh, 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 (Pharaoh, 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:217 # text = (8-11) But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-11 8-11 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 respite respite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 hardened harden VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Pharaoh | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | | respite | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **harden** | past | Pharaoh | Pharaoh's heart | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 4 | **not** **hearken** | past | Pharaoh *not said here* | | | | | unto frogs *= frog* | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the LORD | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «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} וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֤י הָֽיְתָה֙ הָֽרְוָחָ֔ה וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס [Exodus 8:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:217` 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 8:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.216/) - next →: [Exodus 8:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.218/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.11/)