--- title: Exodus 16:32 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Le… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.' Who acts: Moses, This, LORD, omerful. 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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, This, LORD, omerful), 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:480 # text = And Moses said: 'This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded: Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 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 : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 omerful omerful NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 xcomp _ _ 23 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 when when SCONJ WRB _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 forth forth ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | 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 | **is a** | present | This | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **command** | present · perfect | the LORD | the thing | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | a omerful of omerful | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | infinitive · passive | a omerful of omerful *not said here* | | | | throughout your generations | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: throughout generation=Location | | 6 | **see** | may | Moses | the bread | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Stimulus | | 7 | **feed** | past | I | you | | the wilderness | | wherewith *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Value in wilderness=Location | | 8 | **bring** | past | I | you | | the land of Egypt | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from land=Initial\_Location | 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 זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יִרְא֣וּ אֶת־הַלֶּ֗חֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱכַ֤לְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 16:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:480` 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 16:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.479/) - next →: [Exodus 16:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.481/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 16:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.16.32/)