--- title: Exodus 8:15 (JPS 1917) — (8-15) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-15) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. Who acts: magicians, This, 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 (magicians, This, 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:221 # text = (8-15) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-15 8-15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 12 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 hardened harden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the magicians | | | | then | unto Pharaoh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | This | the finger | | | | of God | tree rules | | 3 | **harden** | past · passive | | Pharaoh's heart | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **not** **hearken** | past | Pharaoh | | | | | unto magicians *= magician* | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ הַֽחַרְטֻמִּים֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה אֶצְבַּ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִ֑וא וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס [Exodus 8:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:221` 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 8:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.220/) - next →: [Exodus 8:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.222/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.15/)