--- title: Exodus 13:12 (JPS 1917) — that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; e… · tree and pragmatics description: that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S. Who acts: thou, firstling. 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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 (thou, firstling), 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:374 # text = that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S. 1 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 apart apart ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 openeth open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 firstling firstling NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl:relcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 34 'S 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set apart** | shall | thou | all | | | | unto the LORD; apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient all=Result | | 2 | **open** | present | | the womb | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location womb=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | every firstling | a male | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | present | thou | every firstling | | | | of a beast | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | every firstling | | | | | 's the LORD | 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} וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ כָל־פֶּֽטֶר־רֶ֖חֶם לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וְכָל־פֶּ֣טֶר ׀ שֶׁ֣גֶר בְּהֵמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ הַזְּכָרִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 13:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:374` 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 13:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.373/) - next →: [Exodus 13:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.375/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.12/)