--- title: Exodus 30:12 (JPS 1917) — 'When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to th… · tree and pragmatics description: 'When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. Who acts: thou, children, plague. 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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, children, plague), 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:900 # text = 'When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 2 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 takest take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 iobj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ransom ransom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 numberest number VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 be be VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 43 among among ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 when when SCONJ WRB _ 48 mark _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 numberest number VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | present | thou | the sum of the children of Israel | | | | accord children's number | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | shall | children *= child* | a ransom | every man | | then | for man's soul; unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent man=Recipient ransom=Theme for soul=Asset | | 4 | **number** | present | thou | children *= child* | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **be** | present | no plague among children | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **number** | present | thou | children *= child* | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **sum** | | | the children of Israel | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=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} כִּ֣י תִשָּׂ֞א אֶת־רֹ֥אשׁ בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘ללִפְקֻדֵיהֶם֒ וְנָ֨תְנ֜וּ אִ֣ישׁ כֹּ֧פֶר נַפְשׁ֛וֹ לַיהוָ֖ה בִּפְקֹ֣ד אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה בָהֶ֛ם נֶ֖גֶף בִּפְקֹ֥ד אֹתָֽם׃ [Exodus 30:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:900` 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 30:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.899/) - next →: [Exodus 30:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.901/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.12/)