--- title: Exodus 9:29 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out of the city, I wi… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread forth my hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD'S. Who acts: Moses, I, thunders, more hail. 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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, thunders, more hail), 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:264 # text = And Moses said unto him: 'As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread forth my hands unto the LORD; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD'S. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 8 As as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thunders thunder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 38 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 44 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 ccomp _ _ 52 'S 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | | | | | unto hail | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go out** | present · passive | I | the city | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **spread** | future | I | my hands | | | | unto the LORD; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 4 | **cease** | shall | the thunders | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **be** | shall | any more hail | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** | may | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | present | the earth | | | | | 's the LORD | tree rules | 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 אֵלָיו֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה כְּצֵאתִי֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר אֶפְרֹ֥שׂ אֶת־כַּפַּ֖י אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה הַקֹּל֣וֹת יֶחְדָּל֗וּן וְהַבָּרָד֙ לֹ֣א יִֽהְיֶה־ע֔וֹד לְמַ֣עַן תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֥י לַיהוָ֖ה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Exodus 9:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:264` 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 9:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.263/) - next →: [Exodus 9:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.265/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.29/)