--- title: Exodus 28:15 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilf… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. Who acts: thou, skilful workman, ephod. 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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, skilful workman, ephod), 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:813 # text = And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 breastplate breastplate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 workman workman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ephod ephod NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 scarlet scarlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 twined twine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | shall | thou | a breastplate of judgment | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset breastplate=Product | | 2 | **make** | shall | thou | work | | | | like the work of the ephod | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 3 | **twine** | participle | | | | | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **make** | shall | thou | work | | | | of gold and scarlet and fine twined linen | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 5 | **work** | | the skilful workman | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **work** | | the ephod | | | | | | 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} וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ חֹ֤שֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה חֹשֵׁ֔ב כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה אֵפֹ֖ד תַּעֲשֶׂ֑נּוּ זָ֠הָב תְּכֵ֨לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן וְתוֹלַ֧עַת שָׁנִ֛י וְשֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָ֖ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃ [Exodus 28:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:813` 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 28:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.812/) - next →: [Exodus 28:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.814/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 28:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.15/)