--- title: Exodus 24:14 (JPS 1917) — And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come ba… · tree and pragmatics description: And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.' Who acts: Moses, ye, we, Aaron. 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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, ye, we, Aaron), 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:696 # text = And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Tarry tarry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 18 back back ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 behold behold INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 Hur Hur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 near near ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto the elders | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tarry** | infinitive | ye | | | here | | for us | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come back** | present | we | | | | | unto you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | Aaron and Hur | | | | | with you | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | whosoever | a cause | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Patient | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | Moses *not said here* | Moses | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | Moses *not said here* | | | | | unto Aaron; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְאֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֤ים אָמַר֙ שְׁבוּ־לָ֣נוּ בָזֶ֔ה עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־נָשׁ֖וּב אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִנֵּ֨ה אַהֲרֹ֤ן וְחוּר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם מִי־בַ֥עַל דְּבָרִ֖ים יִגַּ֥שׁ אֲלֵהֶֽם׃ [Exodus 24:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:696` 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 24:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.695/) - next →: [Exodus 24:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.697/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 24:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.14/)