--- title: Exodus 8:24 (JPS 1917) — (8-24) And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice t… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-24) And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.' Who acts: Pharaoh, I, you, ye. 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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, I, you, ye), 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:230 # text = (8-24) And Pharaoh said: 'I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away; entreat for me.' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-24 8-24 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 Pharaoh Pharaoh 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 : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Pharaoh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sacrifice** | may | ye | | the LORD | the wilderness | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **go** | shall | ye | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **entreat** | infinitive | | | | | | for me | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֗ה אָנֹכִ֞י אֲשַׁלַּ֤ח אֶתְכֶם֙ וּזְבַחְתֶּ֞ם לַיהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר רַ֛ק הַרְחֵ֥ק לֹא־תַרְחִ֖יקוּ לָלֶ֑כֶת הַעְתִּ֖ירוּ בַּעֲדִֽי׃ [Exodus 8:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:230` 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 8:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.229/) - next →: [Exodus 8:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.231/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.24/)