--- title: Exodus 14:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp b… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. Who acts: you, children, ye. 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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 (you, children, ye), 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:386 # text = 'Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon, over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 encamp encamp VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Pi pi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 18 hahiroth hahiroth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 flat _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 between between ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Migdol Migdol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 29 zephon zephon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 over over ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 encamp encamp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the children of Israel | tree rules | | 2 | **turn back** | present | children *= child* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **encamp** | present | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | before Pi; before Baal zephon | between Migdol and the sea | tree rules | | 4 | **encamp** | shall | ye | | | | | against sea; by the sea; over *property* | 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} דַּבֵּר֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ וְיַחֲנוּ֙ לִפְנֵי֙ פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת פִּ֣י הַחִירֹ֔ת בֵּ֥ין מִגְדֹּ֖ל וּבֵ֣ין הַיָּ֑ם לִפְנֵי֙ בַּ֣עַל צְפֹ֔ן בַּ֣עַל צְפֹ֔ן נִכְח֥וֹ תַחֲנ֖וּ עַל־הַיָּֽם׃ [Exodus 14:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.14.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:386` 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 14:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.385/) - next →: [Exodus 14:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.387/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 14:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.14.2/)