--- title: Exodus 18:1 (JPS 1917) — Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. Who acts: Jethro, God, LORD. 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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 (Jethro, God, LORD), 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:501 # text = Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel His people, how that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 2 Jethro Jethro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Midian Midian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 15 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 30 His he PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 appos _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 39 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## 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 | **hear** | past | Jethro | | | | now | of all | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | God | | | | | for Moses and Israel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 3 | **bring** | past · perfect | the LORD | Israel | | Egypt | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent israel=Theme out egypt=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} וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע יִתְר֨וֹ כֹהֵ֤ן מִדְיָן֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵת֩ כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְמֹשֶׁ֔ה וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 18:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:501` 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 17:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.500/) - next →: [Exodus 18:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.502/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.1/)