--- title: Exodus 9:1 (JPS 1917) — Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Th… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. Who acts: LORD, people. 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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 (LORD, people), 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:235 # text = Then the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 in in ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Thus thus ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Hebrews Hebrews PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 38 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | the LORD | | | | then | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go in** | infinitive | | | | | | unto Pharaoh | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | LORD | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | My people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | My people *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | may | people | Me | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֹּ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽעִבְרִ֔ים שַׁלַּ֥ח אֶת־עַמִּ֖י וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ [Exodus 9:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:235` 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 8:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.234/) - next →: [Exodus 9:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.236/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 9:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.1/)