--- title: Exodus 10:24 (JPS 1917) — And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said: 'Go ye, serve the LORD; onl… · tree and pragmatics description: And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said: 'Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go with you.' Who acts: Pharaoh, ye, flocks, little ones. 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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, ye, flocks, little ones), 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:294 # text = And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said: 'Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed; let your little ones also go with you.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 serve serve VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 flocks flock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 herds herd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 stayed stay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 also also ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Pharaoh | | | | | unto Moses | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Pharaoh *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | your flocks and your herds | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **stay** | infinitive · passive | your flocks and your herds *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | your little ones | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | your little ones *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | 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} וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְכוּ֙ עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה רַ֛ק צֹאנְכֶ֥ם וּבְקַרְכֶ֖ם יֻצָּ֑ג גַּֽם־טַפְּכֶ֖ם יֵלֵ֥ךְ עִמָּכֶֽם׃ [Exodus 10:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:294` 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 10:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.293/) - next →: [Exodus 10:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.295/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 10:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.10.24/)