--- title: Exodus 11:7 (JPS 1917) — But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his t… · tree and pragmatics description: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Who acts: dog, ye, 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 (dog, ye, LORD), 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:307 # text = But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 against against ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 whet whet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 26 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **whet** | shall | a dog | dog's tongue | | | | against any; against man or beast | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | may | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **put** | present · do-support | the LORD | a difference | | | | between the Egyptians and Israel | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent difference=Theme between egyptian=Destination | 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} וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן אֲשֶׁר֙ יַפְלֶ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין מִצְרַ֖יִם וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Exodus 11:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.11.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:307` 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 11:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.306/) - next →: [Exodus 11:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.308/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.11.7/)