--- title: Exodus 28:38 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniq… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity committed in the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow, even in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. Who acts: plate, Aaron, children. 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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 (plate, Aaron, children), 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:836 # text = And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity committed in the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow, even in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 hallow hallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 51 before before ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | plate | | | | | upon Aaron's forehead and Israel's forehead | tree rules | | 2 | **bear** | shall | Aaron | the iniquity | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Patient | | 3 | **commit** | participle | | the iniquity *not said here* | | the holy things | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in thing=Destination | | 4 | **hallow** | shall | the children of Israel | the holy things | | children's holy gifts | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | shall | plate | | | | | upon Israel's forehead; always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **accept** | may · passive | | Aaron | | | before the LORD | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **gift** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=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} וְהָיָה֮ עַל־מֵ֣צַח אַהֲרֹן֒ וְנָשָׂ֨א אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְכָֽל־מַתְּנֹ֖ת קָדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם וְהָיָ֤ה עַל־מִצְחוֹ֙ תָּמִ֔יד לְרָצ֥וֹן לָהֶ֖ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Exodus 28:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:836` 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 28:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.835/) - next →: [Exodus 28:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.837/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 28:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.38/)