--- title: Exodus 12:27 (JPS 1917) — that ye shall say: It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, for t… · tree and pragmatics description: that ye shall say: It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, for that He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed the head and worshipped. Who acts: ye, thing, LORD, people. 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And the people bowed the head and worshipped. **Who acts:** ye, thing, LORD, people · **What happens:** say, be, pass over, smite, deliver, bow · **To what, where:** sacrifice, houses, Egypt, Egyptians, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Exodus 12:27 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, thing, LORD, people), 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:337 # text = that ye shall say: It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, for that He passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 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 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 'S 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 passover passover NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 20 over over ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 32 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 46 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 worshipped worship VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 51 . . 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | thing | the sacrifice | | | | of the LORD's passover | tree rules | | 3 | **pass over** | past | LORD | the houses of the children of Israel | | Egypt | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent house=Theme in egypt=Destination | | 4 | **smite** | past | LORD | the Egyptians | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus egyptian=Experiencer | | 5 | **deliver** | past | LORD *not said here* | our houses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 6 | **bow** | past | the people | the head | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 7 | **worship** | past | the people *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=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} וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם זֶֽבַח־פֶּ֨סַח ה֜וּא לַֽיהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּ֠סַח עַל־בָּתֵּ֤י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם וְאֶת־בָּתֵּ֣ינוּ הִצִּ֑יל וַיִּקֹּ֥ד הָעָ֖ם וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃ [Exodus 12:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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