--- title: Exodus 20:22 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Who acts: LORD, thou, Ye, I. 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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, Ye, 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:575 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. 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 : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Thus thus ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 19 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 nmod:unmarked _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | | unto the children of Israel; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | Ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **talk** | present · perfect | I | | | heaven | | with you | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֹּ֥ה תֹאמַ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַתֶּ֣ם רְאִיתֶ֔ם כִּ֚י מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עִמָּכֶֽם׃ [Exodus 20:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:575` 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 20:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.574/) - next →: [Exodus 20:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.576/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 20:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.22/)