--- title: Exodus 9:28 (JPS 1917) — Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thundering… · tree and pragmatics description: Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.' Who acts: you, enough, I, 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 (you, enough, I, 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:263 # text = Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.' 1 Entreat entreat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 thunderings thundering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 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 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 no no ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 longer long ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 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 | **entreat** | imperative | you *not said here* | | the LORD | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | infinitive | enough of this mighty thunderings and hail | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **let** | future | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **stay** | shall | ye | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} הַעְתִּ֙ירוּ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְרַ֕ב מִֽהְיֹ֛ת קֹלֹ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים וּבָרָ֑ד וַאֲשַׁלְּחָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תֹסִפ֖וּן לַעֲמֹֽד׃ [Exodus 9:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:263` 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 9:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.262/) - next →: [Exodus 9:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.264/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 9:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.28/)