--- title: Exodus 12:22 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. Who acts: ye, blood, none. 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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, blood, none), 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:332 # text = And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 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 VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bunch bunch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hyssop hyssop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lintel lintel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 29 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 basin basin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 46 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 47 out out ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 until until ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | ye | a bunch of hyssop | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bunch=Theme | | 2 | **dip** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | bunch | | the blood | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in blood=Trajectory | | 3 | **is** | present | the blood | | | the basin | | | tree rules | | 4 | **strike** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | the lintel and the two side posts | | | | with the blood | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent lintel=Patient with blood=Instrument | | 5 | **is** | present | the blood | | | the basin | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go out** | shall | none | the door of Israel's house | | | morning | | tree rules | 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} וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֲגֻדַּ֣ת אֵז֗וֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮ בַּדָּ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בַּסַּף֒ וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤ם אֶל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף֙ וְאֶל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֔ת מִן־הַדָּ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסָּ֑ף וְאַתֶּ֗ם לֹ֥א תֵצְא֛וּ אִ֥ישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח־בֵּית֖וֹ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃ [Exodus 12:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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