--- title: Exodus 24:3 (JPS 1917) — And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and al… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: 'All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do.' Who acts: Moses, people, Lord, we. 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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, people, Lord, we), 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:685 # text = And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: 'All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 iobj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 33 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Moses | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Moses *not said here* | all words of the LORD and all ordinances | the people | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient word=Topic | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | all people | | | | | with one voice | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the Lord | all words | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | future | we | all words | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 7 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication 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} וַיָּבֹ֣א מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר לָעָם֙ אֵ֚ת כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים וַיַּ֨עַן כָּל־הָעָ֜ם ק֤וֹל אֶחָד֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ [Exodus 24:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:685` 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 24:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.684/) - next →: [Exodus 24:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.686/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 24:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.3/)