--- title: Exodus 3:8 (JPS 1917) — and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,… · tree and pragmatics description: and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 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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 (I, land), 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:60 # text = and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 37 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Canaanite Canaanite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Amorite Amorite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Perizzite Perizzite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Hivite Hivite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Jebusite Jebusite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | present · passive | I | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | pains *= pain* | | the hand of the Egyptians | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **bring up** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | pains *= pain* | | that land | | unto a good land and a land and the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **flow** | gerund | a land and the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite *not said here* | | | | | with milk and honey | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with milk=Theme | 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} וָאֵרֵ֞ד לְהַצִּיל֣וֹ ׀ מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרַ֗יִם וּֽלְהַעֲלֹתוֹ֮ מִן־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַהִוא֒ אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ טוֹבָה֙ וּרְחָבָ֔ה אֶל־אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֶל־מְק֤וֹם הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ וְהַ֣חִתִּ֔י וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י וְהַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ [Exodus 3:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:60` 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 3:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.59/) - next →: [Exodus 3:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.61/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.8/)