--- title: Exodus 17:9 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight wi… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' Who acts: Moses, I. 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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, 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:493 # text = And Moses said unto Joshua: 'Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.' 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Choose choose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 out out ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Amalek Amalek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | Moses | | | | | unto Joshua | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose out** | infinitive | | men | us | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary man=Theme | | 3 | **go out** | infinitive | | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fight** | infinitive | | | | | | with Amalek | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with amalek=Co-Agent | | 5 | **stand** | future | I | | | the top of the hill | tomorrow | with the rod of God in my hand | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃ [Exodus 17:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:493` 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 17:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.492/) - next →: [Exodus 17:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.494/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 17:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.9/)