--- title: Exodus 3:13 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto God: 'Behold, when I come unto the children of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto God: 'Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?' Who acts: Moses, I, God, children. 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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 (Moses, I, God, children), 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:65 # text = And Moses said unto God: 'Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them: The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me: What is His name? what shall I say unto them?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 25 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ _ 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 51 obj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | present | I | | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | I *not said here* | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the God of your fathers | me | | | | unto you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | children *= child* | | me | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | present | | Moses's name | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | I | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֣י בָא֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י לָהֶ֔ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְאָֽמְרוּ־לִ֣י מַה־שְּׁמ֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֹמַ֖ר אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ [Exodus 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:65` 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 3:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.64/) - next →: [Exodus 3:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.66/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.13/)