--- title: Exodus 8:18 (JPS 1917) — (8-18) And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-18) And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. Who acts: I, people, swarms, thou. 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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 (I, people, swarms, thou), 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:224 # text = (8-18) And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-18 8-18 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 parataxis _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 apart apart ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Goshen Goshen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obl _ _ 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 21 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 swarms swarm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set apart** | future | I | the land of Goshen | | | to the end; day | apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient land=Result | | 2 | **dwell** | present | My people | | | Goshen | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 3 | **is** | shall | no swarms of flies | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | may | thou | the end *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer end=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | the midst of the earth | | | tree rules | 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} וְהִפְלֵיתִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ גֹּ֗שֶׁן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַמִּי֙ עֹמֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לְבִלְתִּ֥י הֱיֽוֹת־שָׁ֖ם עָרֹ֑ב לְמַ֣עַן תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Exodus 8:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:224` 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 8:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.223/) - next →: [Exodus 8:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.225/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.18/)