--- title: Exodus 12:3 (JPS 1917) — Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth d… · tree and pragmatics description: Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household; Who acts: ye, Moses. 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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 (ye, Moses), 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:313 # text = Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying: In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household; 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 12 In in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 case _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ' 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | ye | | | | | unto all congregation of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | shall | Moses | every man | them *= they* | | day | accord Moses's fathers's houses | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme to they=Destination | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} דַּבְּר֗וּ אֶֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בֶּעָשֹׂ֖ר לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְיִקְח֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם אִ֛ישׁ שֶׂ֥ה לְבֵית־אָבֹ֖ת שֶׂ֥ה לַבָּֽיִת׃ [Exodus 12:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:313` 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 12:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.312/) - next →: [Exodus 12:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.314/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.3/)