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title: Exodus 20:24 (JPS 1917) — An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice there… · tree and pragmatics
description: An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee. Who acts: thou, I, name, thy. Exodus 20:24 in JPS 1917 with its d
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# Exodus 20:24 · JPS 1917

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An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.

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**Who acts:** thou, I, name, thy, My · **What happens:** make, sacrifice, cause, mention, come, bless · **To what, where:** altar, burnt offerings, name, place, thee

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This is Exodus 20:24 · 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 (thou, I, name, thy), 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:577
# text = An altar of earth thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be mentioned I will come unto thee and bless thee.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nsubj	_	_
6	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	sacrifice	sacrifice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
16	burnt	burnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	_
18	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nmod:poss	_	_
22	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	_
24	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	thine	thine	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	oxen	ox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
35	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
36	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	38	advmod	_	_
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	cause	cause	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
39	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	xcomp	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
47	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	obl	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
51	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	50	obj	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | shall | thou | a altar of earth |  |  |  | unto Me | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset altar=Product |
| 2 | **sacrifice** | shall | thou *not said here* | thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings and thy sheep and thine oxen |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme |
| 3 | **cause** | present | I | My name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mention** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | My name *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
| 5 | **come** | future | I |  |  | every place |  | unto thee | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 6 | **bless** | infinitive | I *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 7 | **offer** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 8 | **offer** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **name** |  | My |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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מִזְבַּ֣ח אֲדָמָה֮ תַּעֲשֶׂה־לִּי֒ וְזָבַחְתָּ֣ עָלָ֗יו אֶת־עֹלֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־שְׁלָמֶ֔יךָ אֶת־צֹֽאנְךָ֖ וְאֶת־בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַזְכִּ֣יר אֶת־שְׁמִ֔י אָב֥וֹא אֵלֶ֖יךָ וּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ׃

[Exodus 20:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.24/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:577` of Mova's parse database.

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