--- title: Exodus 21:30 (JPS 1917) — If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redempt… · tree and pragmatics description: If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. Who acts: owner. 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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 (owner), 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:609 # text = If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 3 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ransom ransom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 redemption redemption NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Ind 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | a ransom | | there | | on owner | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on he=Destination | | 2 | **give** | shall | owner | | | | then | for the redemption of owner's life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for redemption=Asset | | 3 | **lay** | present · passive | | whatsoever | | | | upon owner | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon he=Destination | | 4 | **redeem** | | | owner's life | | | | | nom redemption «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} אִם־כֹּ֖פֶר יוּשַׁ֣ת עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַן֙ פִּדְיֹ֣ן נַפְשׁ֔וֹ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יוּשַׁ֖ת עָלָֽיו׃ [Exodus 21:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:609` 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 21:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.608/) - next →: [Exodus 21:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.610/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 21:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.30/)