--- title: Exodus 12:17 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this self… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. Who acts: ye, I. 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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, I), 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:327 # text = And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 selfsame selfsame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ordinance ordinance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 31 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **observe** | shall | ye | the feast of unleavened bread | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent feast=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | present · perfect | I | your hosts | | the land of Egypt | day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent host=Theme out land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **observe** | shall | ye | | | | throughout your generations; day | by a ordinance; therefore *property* | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ever=Theme | 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} וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ אֶת־הַמַּצּוֹת֒ כִּ֗י בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הוֹצֵ֥אתִי אֶת־צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃ [Exodus 12:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:327` 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 12:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.326/) - next →: [Exodus 12:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.328/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.17/)