--- title: Exodus 12:16 (JPS 1917) — And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and i… · tree and pragmatics description: And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. Who acts: holy convocation, man, you. 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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 (holy convocation, man, you), 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:326 # text = And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 convocation convocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 convocation convocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 save save ADP IN _ 30 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 that that PRON IN _ 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl:agent _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | a holy convocation and a holy convocation in the seventh day | | you | there | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | shall · passive | | no manner of work | | | | in convocation | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **eat** | must | every man | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 4 | **do** | may · passive | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | 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} וּבַיּ֤וֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ מִקְרָא־קֹ֔דֶשׁ וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י מִקְרָא־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם כָּל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה בָהֶ֔ם אַ֚ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵאָכֵ֣ל לְכָל־נֶ֔פֶשׁ ה֥וּא לְבַדּ֖וֹ יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃ [Exodus 12:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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