--- title: Exodus 19:8 (JPS 1917) — And all the people answered together, and said: 'All that the LORD h… · tree and pragmatics description: And all the people answered together, and said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken we will do.' And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD. Who acts: people, LORD, we, Moses. 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And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD. **Who acts:** people, LORD, we, Moses · **What happens:** answer, say, speak, do, report, word · **To what, where:** All, words, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Exodus 19:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (people, LORD, we, Moses), 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:536 # text = And all the people answered together, and said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken we will do.' And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 12 All all PRON DT PronType=Tot 20 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 21 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 23 And and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reported report VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | all people | | | | | together *property* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | future | we | All | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 5 | **report** | past | Moses | the words of the people | | | | unto the LORD | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 6 | **word** | | | the people | | | | | nom word «communication 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} וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ כָל־הָעָ֤ם יַחְדָּו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיָּ֧שֶׁב מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 19:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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