--- title: Exodus 30:18 (JPS 1917) — 'Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of bras… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 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:906 # text = 'Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash; and thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 2 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 laver laver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 whereat whereat PRON WRB PronType=Rel 20 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 between between ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 therein therein ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | shall | Thou | a laver of brass and the base of brass | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset laver=Product | | 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | whereat | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **put** | shall | thou | brass | | the tent of meeting and the altar | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme between tent=Destination | | 4 | **put** | shall | thou | water | | | | therein *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent water=Goal | 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} וְעָשִׂ֜יתָ כִּיּ֥וֹר נְחֹ֛שֶׁת וְכַנּ֥וֹ נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְרָחְצָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֣ אֹת֗וֹ בֵּֽין־אֹ֤הֶל מוֹעֵד֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וְנָתַתָּ֥ שָׁ֖מָּה מָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 30:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:906` 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 30:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.905/) - next →: [Exodus 30:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.907/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 30:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.18/)