--- title: Exodus 16:16 (JPS 1917) — This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it eve… · tree and pragmatics description: This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.' Who acts: This, LORD, 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 (This, LORD, 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:463 # text = This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.' 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Gather gather VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 eating eating NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 omer omer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:unmarked _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | present · perfect | the LORD | the thing | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **gather** | infinitive | ye | | | | | of layer; accord LORD's eating | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | shall | ye | a omer a head | | | | accord the number of your persons | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | LORD's tent | | | tree rules | | 8 | **eat** | | LORD | | | | | | nom eating «act 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} זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה לִקְט֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ עֹ֣מֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙ נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אִ֛ישׁ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ תִּקָּֽחוּ׃ [Exodus 16:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:463` 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 16:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.462/) - next →: [Exodus 16:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.464/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 16:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.16/)