--- title: Exodus 12:14 (JPS 1917) — And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it… · tree and pragmatics description: And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Who acts: day, ye. 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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 (day, ye), 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:324 # text = And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 26 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ordinance ordinance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | this day | | | | | for a memorial; unto you | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | shall | ye | land | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | shall | ye | land | | | throughout your generations | by a ordinance | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme throughout generation=Location | 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 הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְזִכָּר֔וֹן וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ חַ֣ג לַֽיהוָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃ [Exodus 12:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:324` 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 12:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.323/) - next →: [Exodus 12:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.325/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.14/)