--- title: Exodus 18:7 (JPS 1917) — And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kis… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. Who acts: Moses, sons. 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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, sons), 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:507 # text = And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 down down ADV RP _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obj _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 fixed _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 welfare welfare NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | Moses | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Moses *not said here* | Moses's father | | law | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Co-Agent | | 3 | **bow down** | past | Moses *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kiss** | past | Moses *not said here* | Moses | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | sons *= son* | each | | | | of sons's welfare | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient | | 6 | **come** | past | sons *= son* | | | the tent | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into tent=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} וַיֵּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֜ה לִקְרַ֣את חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ וַיִּשַּׁק־ל֔וֹ וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ אִישׁ־לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ הָאֹֽהֱלָה׃ [Exodus 18:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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