--- title: Exodus 16:8 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.' 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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 (Moses, LORD, ye, we), 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:453 # text = And Moses said: 'This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him; and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP 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 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 heareth hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 37 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 murmurings murmuring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 murmur murmur VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 conj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 49 ? ? PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 50 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 murmurings murmuring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 against against ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 against against ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | shall | the LORD | the evening flesh | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient flesh=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the evening flesh *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | present | the LORD | your murmurings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer murmuring=Stimulus | | 5 | **murmur** *speech: other* | present | ye | your murmurings | | | | against LORD | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | present | we | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | your murmurings | | | | | against us | tree rules | | 8 | **murmur** | | your | | | | | | nom murmuring «event transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **murmur** | | your | | | | | | nom murmuring «event transitive»: 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה בְּתֵ֣ת יְהוָה֩ לָכֶ֨ם בָּעֶ֜רֶב בָּשָׂ֣ר לֶאֱכֹ֗ל וְלֶ֤חֶם בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ לִשְׂבֹּ֔עַ בִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ יְהוָה֙ אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם מַלִּינִ֖ם עָלָ֑יו וְנַ֣חְנוּ מָ֔ה לֹא־עָלֵ֥ינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם כִּ֥י עַל־יְהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 16:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:453` 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 16:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.452/) - next →: [Exodus 16:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.454/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.8/)