--- title: Exodus 3:4 (JPS 1917) — And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto h… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.' Who acts: LORD, God, Moses, I.. 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And he said: 'Here am I.' **Who acts:** LORD, God, Moses, I. · **What happens:** see, turn, call, say, be · **To what, where:** midst · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Exodus 3:4 · 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, God, Moses, I.), 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:56 # text = And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said: 'Moses, Moses.' And he said: 'Here am I.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 aside aside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 out out ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 29 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 ccomp _ _ 40 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 41 I. I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | past | LORD | | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **call** | past | God | | | the midst of the bush | | unto LORD | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | I. | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיַּ֥רְא יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֣י סָ֣ר לִרְא֑וֹת וַיִּקְרָא֩ אֵלָ֨יו אֱלֹהִ֜ים מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַסְּנֶ֗ה וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי׃ [Exodus 3:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:56` 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 3:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.55/) - next →: [Exodus 3:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.57/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.4/)