--- title: Exodus 27:21 (JPS 1917) — In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimo… · tree and pragmatics description: In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. Who acts: veil, Aaron, testimony. 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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 (veil, Aaron, testimony), 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:798 # text = In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 16 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the veil | | | | before the testimony | | tree rules | | 2 | **set** | shall | Aaron and Israel's sons | testimony | | the tent of meeting | throughout Aaron's generations | without the veil; on the behalf of the children of Israel | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on behalf=Destination | | 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | Aaron and Israel's sons *not said here* | | | order | before the LORD; evening; morning | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location | | 4 | **is a** | shall | testimony | a statute | | | | | tree rules | 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} בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֩ מִח֨וּץ לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָעֵדֻ֗ת יַעֲרֹךְ֩ אֹת֨וֹ אַהֲרֹ֧ן וּבָנָ֛יו מֵעֶ֥רֶב עַד־בֹּ֖קֶר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס [Exodus 27:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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