--- title: Exodus 4:9 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two s… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.' 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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 (hand, fathers, thou, water), 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:87 # text = And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 19 cc _ _ 19 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 takest take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 49 out out ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 55 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 xcomp _ _ 56 upon upon ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | hand | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | fathers *= father* | this two signs | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus | | 4 | **hearken** | infinitive | fathers *= father* *not said here* | | | | | unto thy voice | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | shall | thou | | | | | of the water of the river | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of water=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pour** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | hand | | | | upon the dry land | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **take out** | present | thou | the water | | the river | | | tree rules | | 8 | **become** | shall | the water | blood | | | | upon the dry land | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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} וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ גַּם֩ לִשְׁנֵ֨י הָאֹת֜וֹת הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְלֹ֤א יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ לְקֹלֶ֔ךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֙ מִמֵּימֵ֣י הַיְאֹ֔ר וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֖ הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהָי֤וּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּקַּ֣ח מִן־הַיְאֹ֔ר וְהָי֥וּ לְדָ֖ם בַּיַּבָּֽשֶׁת׃ [Exodus 4:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:87` 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 4:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.86/) - next →: [Exodus 4:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.88/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.9/)