--- title: Exodus 12:23 (JPS 1917) — For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He s… · tree and pragmatics description: For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Who acts: LORD. 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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 (LORD), 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:333 # text = For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 through through ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Egyptians Egyptians PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 lintel lintel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 posts post NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 destroyer destroyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 46 in in ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass through** | future | the LORD | | | | | through *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **smite** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the Egyptians | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus egyptians=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | present | LORD | the blood | | | | upon the lintel | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blood=Stimulus | | 4 | **pass** | future | the LORD | | | the two side posts | | over the door | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on post=Location | | 5 | **not** **suffer** | future | the LORD *not said here* | the destroyer | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto your houses | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **smite** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=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} וְעָבַ֣ר יְהוָה֮ לִנְגֹּ֣ף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם֒ וְרָאָ֤ה אֶת־הַדָּם֙ עַל־הַמַּשְׁק֔וֹף וְעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֑ת וּפָסַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔תַח וְלֹ֤א יִתֵּן֙ הַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית לָבֹ֥א אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם לִנְגֹּֽף׃ [Exodus 12:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:333` 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 12:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.332/) - next →: [Exodus 12:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.334/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.23/)