--- title: Exodus 3:15 (JPS 1917) — And God said moreover unto Moses: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the chil… · tree and pragmatics description: And God said moreover unto Moses: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. 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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 (God, thou, LORD, this), 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:67 # text = And God said moreover unto Moses: 'Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you; this is My name for ever, and this is My memorial unto all generations. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Thus thus ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 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 : _ 12 punct _ _ 19 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 62 unto unto ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 64 det _ _ 64 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God | | | | | unto Moses; moreover *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | | unto the children of Israel; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD and the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob | me | | | | unto you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | this | My name and My memorial | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | this | My memorial | | | unto all generations | | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ע֨וֹד אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כֹּֽה־תֹאמַר֮ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם אֱלֹהֵ֨י אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק וֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹ֖ב שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם זֶה־שְּׁמִ֣י לְעֹלָ֔ם וְזֶ֥ה זִכְרִ֖י לְדֹ֥ר דֹּֽר׃ [Exodus 3:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:67` 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 3:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.66/) - next →: [Exodus 3:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.68/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.15/)