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title: Exodus 15:26 (JPS 1917) — and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LO… · tree and pragmatics
description: and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healet
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# Exodus 15:26 · JPS 1917

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and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth thee.'

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**Who acts:** LORD, thou, I · **What happens:** say, hearken, do, be, give, keep · **To what, where:** that, eyes, ear, commandments, statutes, none · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Exodus 15:26 · 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 (LORD, thou, I), 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:444
# text = and He said: 'If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His eyes, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians; for I am the LORD that healeth thee.'
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	_
6	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
8	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	diligently	diligently	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	wilt	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	obj	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
26	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	wilt	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	conj	_	_
34	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
41	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	43	det:predet	_	_
42	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	statutes	statute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
48	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	47	obj	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	diseases	disease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	_
52	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	47	obl	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	obj	_	_
56	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	51	acl:relcl	_	_
59	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	Egyptians	egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	58	obl	_	_
62	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	67	punct	_	_
63	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
64	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
65	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	advcl	_	_
68	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	69	nsubj	_	_
69	healeth	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	acl:relcl	_	_
70	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	69	obj	_	_
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
72	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou |  |  |  |  | to the voice of the LORD; diligently *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | future | thou *not said here* | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  | LORD's eyes |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | future | thou *not said here* | ear | LORD's commandments |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to commandment=Recipient |
| 6 | **keep** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | LORD's statutes |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Theme |
| 7 | **put** | future | I | none |  | thee |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme upon thou=Destination |
| 8 | **put** | present · perfect | I | the diseases |  |  |  | upon the Egyptians | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme upon egyptian=Destination |
| 9 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **heal** | present | the LORD | thee |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |
| 11 | **command** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אִם־שָׁמ֨וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֜ע לְק֣וֹל ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ וְהַיָּשָׁ֤ר בְּעֵינָיו֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ לְמִצְוֺתָ֔יו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ כָּל־חֻקָּ֑יו כָּֽל־הַמַּֽחֲלָ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי בְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לֹא־אָשִׂ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה רֹפְאֶֽךָ׃ס

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