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title: Exodus 28:11 (JPS 1917) — With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a sign… · tree and pragmatics
description: With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold. Who acts: thou, stones, engraver. Exodus 28:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree an
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# Exodus 28:11 · JPS 1917

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With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.

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**Who acts:** thou, stones, engraver · **What happens:** engrave, accord, make, inclose, work, name · **To what, where:** two stones, stones, settings, children

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This is Exodus 28:11 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, stones, engraver), 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:809
# text = With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel; thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	engraver	engraver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	engravings	engraving	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	signet	signet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nsubj	_	_
19	engrave	engrave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
24	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	case	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	fixed	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nsubj	_	_
35	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	parataxis	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	inclosed	inclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	xcomp	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	settings	setting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed act=request, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engrave** | shall | thou | the two stones |  |  |  | with the work of a engraver in stone; like the engravings of a signet; accord the names of the children of Israel | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent stone=Destination with work=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | shall | thou | stones *= stone* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **inclose** | to-infinitive · passive | stones *= stone* *not said here* |  |  | settings of gold |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **work** |  | a engraver in stone |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **name** |  |  | the children of Israel |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה חָרַשׁ֮ אֶבֶן֒ פִּתּוּחֵ֣י חֹתָ֗ם תְּפַתַּח֙ אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י הָאֲבָנִ֔ים עַל־שְׁמֹ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מֻסַבֹּ֛ת מִשְׁבְּצ֥וֹת זָהָ֖ב תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם׃

[Exodus 28:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.11/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:809` of Mova's parse database.

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