--- title: Exodus 19:9 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever.' And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. Who acts: LORD, I, people, Moses. 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And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. **Who acts:** LORD, I, people, Moses · **What happens:** say, come, hear, speak, believe, tell · **To what, where:** thick cloud, thee, words, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Exodus 19:9 · 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 (LORD, I, people, 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:537 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever.' And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 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 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 speak speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - 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 | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present | I | | | a thick cloud | | unto thee | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location | | 3 | **hear** | may | the people | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | with thee | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with thou=Co-Agent | | 5 | **believe** | may | the people *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus for ever=Attribute | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | the words of the people | | | | unto the LORD | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | | 7 | **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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י בָּ֣א אֵלֶיךָ֮ בְּעַ֣ב הֶֽעָנָן֒ בַּעֲב֞וּר יִשְׁמַ֤ע הָעָם֙ בְּדַבְּרִ֣י עִמָּ֔ךְ וְגַם־בְּךָ֖ יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַיַּגֵּ֥ד מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י הָעָ֖ם אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 19:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:537` 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 19:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.536/) - next →: [Exodus 19:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.538/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.9/)