--- title: Exodus 24:7 (JPS 1917) — And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.' 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:689 # text = And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 24 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl:relcl _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Moses | the book of the covenant | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | | 2 | **read** | past | Moses *not said here* | | | the hearing of the people | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | All | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | future | we | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **obey** | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | | the people | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וַיִּקַּח֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה וְנִשְׁמָֽע׃ [Exodus 24:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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