--- title: Exodus 29:12 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar. Who acts: thou. 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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), 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:853 # text = And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar. 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 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 remaining remaining ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | thou | the blood of the bullock | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | blood | | the horns of the altar | | with thy finger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon horn=Destination | | 3 | **pour out** | shall | thou | all remaining blood | | the base of the altar | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient | 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} וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ מִדַּ֣ם הַפָּ֔ר וְנָתַתָּ֛ה עַל־קַרְנֹ֥ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ בְּאֶצְבָּעֶ֑ךָ וְאֶת־כָּל־הַדָּ֣ם תִּשְׁפֹּ֔ךְ אֶל־יְס֖וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ [Exodus 29:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:853` 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 29:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.852/) - next →: [Exodus 29:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.854/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 29:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.12/)