--- title: Exodus 26:1 (JPS 1917) — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine t… · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them. Who acts: thou, work, skilful workman. 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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 (thou, work, skilful workman), 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:741 # text = Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 twined twine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 scarlet scarlet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 cherubim cherubim NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | shall | thou | the tabernacle | | | | with ten curtains of fine twined linen; moreover *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tabernacle=Product | | 2 | **twine** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **make** | shall | the work of the skilful workman | curtains *= curtain* | | | | with cherubim | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 4 | **work** | | the skilful workman | | | | | | nom work «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} וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֥ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה עֶ֣שֶׂר יְרִיעֹ֑ת שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר וּתְכֵ֤לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ וְתֹלַ֣עַת שָׁנִ֔י כְּרֻבִ֛ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵׁ֖ב תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם׃ [Exodus 26:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:741` 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 25:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.740/) - next →: [Exodus 26:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.742/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.26.1/)