--- title: Exodus 8:22 (JPS 1917) — (8-22) And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrif… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-22) And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? Who acts: Moses, we, eyes. 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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, we, eyes), 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:228 # text = (8-22) And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-22 8-22 PROPN NNP Number=Sing 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 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 expl _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 meet meet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 csubj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 32 lo lo INTJ UH _ 49 discourse _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 stone stone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 50 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | meet *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sacrifice** | shall | we | the abomination of the Egyptians | the LORD | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent abomination=Theme to lord=Recipient | | 5 | **sacrifice** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | the abomination of the Egyptians | | | before Egyptians's eyes | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent abomination=Theme | | 6 | **not** **stone** | future | eyes *= eye* | | us | | | | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination | 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 מֹשֶׁ֗ה לֹ֤א נָכוֹן֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן כִּ֚י תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת מִצְרַ֔יִם נִזְבַּ֖ח לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ הֵ֣ן נִזְבַּ֞ח אֶת־תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃ [Exodus 8:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:228` 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 8:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.227/) - next →: [Exodus 8:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.229/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.22/)