--- title: Exodus 21:28 (JPS 1917) — And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be s… · tree and pragmatics description: And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. Who acts: ox, bondman. 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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 (ox, bondman), 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:607 # text = And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gore gore VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 surely surely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 stoned stone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 quit quit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gore** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a ox | a man or a woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | present | bondman | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **stone** | shall · passive | | the ox | | | | surely *property* | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **not** **eat** | shall · passive | | ox's flesh | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **quit** | shall · passive | | the owner of the ox | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | 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} וְכִֽי־יִגַּ֨ח שׁ֥וֹר אֶת־אִ֛ישׁ א֥וֹ אֶת־אִשָּׁ֖ה וָמֵ֑ת סָק֨וֹל יִסָּקֵ֜ל הַשּׁ֗וֹר וְלֹ֤א יֵאָכֵל֙ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֔וֹ וּבַ֥עַל הַשּׁ֖וֹר נָקִֽי׃ [Exodus 21:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:607` 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 21:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.606/) - next →: [Exodus 21:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.608/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 21:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.28/)