--- title: Exodus 12:42 (JPS 1917) — It was a night of watching unto the LORD for bringing them out from… · tree and pragmatics description: It was a night of watching unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; this same night is a night of watching unto the LORD for all the children of Israel throughout their generations. Who acts: multitude, night, same night. 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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 (multitude, night, same night), 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:353 # text = It was a night of watching unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; this same night is a night of watching unto the LORD for all the children of Israel throughout their generations. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bringing bring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 advcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 21 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 watching watch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | multitude | a night | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **watch** | gerund | a night *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring out** | gerund | a night *not said here* | hosts *= host* | | the land of Egypt | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | this same night | a night | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **watch** | gerund | a night *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD; for all children of Israel throughout hosts's generations | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for child=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} לֵ֣יל שִׁמֻּרִ֥ים הוּא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הֽוּא־הַלַּ֤יְלָה הַזֶּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁמֻּרִ֛ים לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃פ [Exodus 12:42: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.42/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:353` 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 12:41 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.352/) - next →: [Exodus 12:43 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.354/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 12:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.42/)