--- title: Exodus 17:12 (JPS 1917) — But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under… · tree and pragmatics description: But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. Who acts: hands, men, Moses, Aaron. 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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 (hands, men, Moses, Aaron), 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:496 # text = But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 ' 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 under under ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 Hur Hur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 44 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 54 until until ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 going going NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 down down ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sun. sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Moses's hands | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | men *= man* | a stone | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | hand | | | | under Moses | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme under he=Destination | | 4 | **sit** | past | Moses | | | | | thereon *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **stay up** | past | Aaron and Hur | Moses's hands | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location | | 6 | **is** | past | Moses's hands | | | | until the going of the sun. | steady *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | | the sun. | | | | | | nom going «act intransitive»: of=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} וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ [Exodus 17:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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