--- title: Exodus 30:16 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel,… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.' Who acts: thou, money. 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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, money), 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:904 # text = And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for your souls.' 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 appoint appoint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 44 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 souls soul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | thou | the atonement money | | | | from the children of Israel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from child=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **appoint** | shall | thou *not said here* | money | | | | for the service of the tent of meeting | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | may | money | a memorial | | | before the LORD | for the children of Israel | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | money *not said here* | atonement | | | | for your souls | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for soul=Asset | | 5 | **service** | | | the tent of meeting | | | | | nom service «act 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} וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ אֶת־כֶּ֣סֶף הַכִּפֻּרִ֗ים מֵאֵת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֔וֹ עַל־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָיָה֩ לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל לְזִכָּרוֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶֽם׃פ [Exodus 30:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:904` 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 30:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.903/) - next →: [Exodus 30:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.905/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 30:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.16/)