--- title: Exodus 15:9 (JPS 1917) — The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the s… · tree and pragmatics description: The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' Who acts: enemy, I, hand, my. 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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 (enemy, I, hand, my), 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:425 # text = The enemy said: 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lust lust NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 satisfied satisfy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the enemy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pursue** | future | I | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **overtake** | future | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **divide** | future | I | the spoil | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 5 | **satisfy** | shall · passive | | my lust | | | | upon deeps *= deep* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **draw** | future | I | my sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **destroy** | shall | my hand | deeps *= deep* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 8 | **lust** | | my | | | | | | nom lust «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} אָמַ֥ר אוֹיֵ֛ב אֶרְדֹּ֥ף אַשִּׂ֖יג אֲחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָ֑ל תִּמְלָאֵ֣מוֹ נַפְשִׁ֔י אָרִ֣יק חַרְבִּ֔י תּוֹרִישֵׁ֖מוֹ יָדִֽי׃ [Exodus 15:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:425` 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 15:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.424/) - next →: [Exodus 15:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.426/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.9/)