--- title: Exodus 8:25 (JPS 1917) — (8-25) And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entre… · tree and pragmatics description: (8-25) And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the 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 (Moses, I, swarms, Pharaoh), 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:231 # text = (8-25) And Moses said: 'Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.' 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 8-25 8-25 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 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 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 swarms swarm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 47 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 49 deceitfully deceitfully ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 any any ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 52 in in SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go out** | present | I | | | thee | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **entreat** | future | I | the LORD | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **depart** | may | the swarms of flies | | | Pharaoh | tomorrow | from Pharaoh's servants and Pharaoh's people | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from pharaoh=Initial\_Location from servant=Destination | | 5 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | Pharaoh | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **deal** | infinitive | Pharaoh *not said here* | | | | | deceitfully *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **let** | gerund | Pharaoh *not said here* | the people | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | | the LORD | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lord=Recipient | 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 הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י יוֹצֵ֤א מֵֽעִמָּךְ֙ וְהַעְתַּרְתִּ֣י אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְסָ֣ר הֶעָרֹ֗ב מִפַּרְעֹ֛ה מֵעֲבָדָ֥יו וּמֵעַמּ֖וֹ מָחָ֑ר רַ֗ק אַל־יֹסֵ֤ף פַּרְעֹה֙ הָתֵ֔ל לְבִלְתִּי֙ שַׁלַּ֣ח אֶת־הָעָ֔ם לִזְבֹּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 8:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:231` 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 8:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.230/) - next →: [Exodus 8:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.232/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 8:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.25/)