--- title: Exodus 3:16 (JPS 1917) — Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The… · tree and pragmatics description: Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt. Who acts: you, LORD, I. 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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 (you, LORD, I), 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:68 # text = Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying: I have surely remembered you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt. 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 gather gather VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 37 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 appeared appear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 advcl _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 surely surely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 ccomp _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 52 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 obj _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **gather** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the elders of Israel | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent elder=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto elders *= elder* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **appear** | present · perfect | the LORD and the God of your fathers and the God of Abraham of Isaac and Jacob | | | | | unto me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD and the God of your fathers and the God of Abraham of Isaac and Jacob *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **remember** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | surely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **see** | participle | I *not said here* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** | present · passive | | | you | Egypt | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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} לֵ֣ךְ וְאָֽסַפְתָּ֞ אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ אֲלֵהֶם֙ יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ נִרְאָ֣ה אֵלַ֔י אֱלֹהֵ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם יִצְחָ֥ק וְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לֵאמֹ֑ר פָּקֹ֤ד פָּקַ֙דְתִּי֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הֶעָשׂ֥וּי לָכֶ֖ם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 3:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:68` 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 3:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.67/) - next →: [Exodus 3:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.69/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.3.16/)