--- title: Exodus 12:13 (JPS 1917) — And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye a… · tree and pragmatics description: And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Who acts: blood, I, plague. 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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 (blood, I, plague), 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:323 # text = And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 45 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 smite smite VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | the blood | | | | | to you; for a token upon the houses | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | present | I | the blood | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | | 3 | **pass** | future | I | | | | | over you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over you=Location | | 4 | **be** | shall | no plague | | | there | | upon you | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | no plague *not said here* | you | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 6 | **smite** | present | I | the land of Egypt | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus land=Experiencer | 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} וְהָיָה֩ הַדָּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם לְאֹ֗ת עַ֤ל הַבָּתִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם שָׁ֔ם וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י עֲלֵכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֨ה בָכֶ֥ם נֶ֙גֶף֙ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 12:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:323` 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 12:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.322/) - next →: [Exodus 12:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.324/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.13/)