--- title: Exodus 17:14 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.' Who acts: LORD, 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 (LORD, 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:498 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 rehearse rehearse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 blot blot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Amalek Amalek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 under under ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 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 | the LORD | | Moses | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | infinitive | | this | | | | for a memorial in the book | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent this=Result for memorial=Beneficiary | | 3 | **rehearse** | infinitive | | book | | the ears of Joshua | | | vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **blot out** | future | I | the remembrance of Amalek | | heaven | | utterly *property* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent remembrance=Destination | | 5 | **remember** | | | Amalek | | | | | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 17:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:498` 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 17:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.497/) - next →: [Exodus 17:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.499/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.17.14/)