--- title: Exodus 19:24 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto him: 'Go, get thee down, and thou shalt come… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto him: 'Go, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest He break forth upon them.' Who acts: LORD, thou, priests. 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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, thou, priests), 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:552 # text = And the LORD said unto him: 'Go, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest He break forth upon them.' 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 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 up up ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 appos _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 36 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 37 through through ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 break break VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 48 forth forth ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 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 | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get down** | infinitive | | thee | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come up** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | the priests and the people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **break through** | infinitive | the priests and the people *not said here* | | | | | through *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **come up** | to-infinitive | the priests and the people *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **break** | infinitive | LORD | | | | | upon peoples *= people*; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֤יו יְהוָה֙ לֶךְ־רֵ֔ד וְעָלִ֥יתָ אַתָּ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן עִמָּ֑ךְ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהָעָ֗ם אַל־יֶֽהֶרְס֛וּ לַעֲלֹ֥ת אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה פֶּן־יִפְרָץ־בָּֽם׃ [Exodus 19:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:552` 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 19:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.551/) - next →: [Exodus 19:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.553/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 19:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.19.24/)