--- title: Exodus 20:11 (JPS 1917) — for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all tha… · tree and pragmatics description: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Who acts: LORD. 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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), 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:564 # text = for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 all all PRON NN PronType=Tot 8 conj _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 hallowed hallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the LORD | heaven and earth and the sea | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heaven=Product | | 2 | **rest** | past | the LORD *not said here* | | | | day | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bless** | past | the LORD | | | | day | wherefore *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hallow** | past | the LORD *not said here* | sea | | | | | 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} כִּ֣י שֵֽׁשֶׁת־יָמִים֩ עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖נַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י עַל־כֵּ֗ן בֵּרַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת וַֽיְקַדְּשֵֽׁהוּ׃ס [Exodus 20:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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