--- title: Exodus 31:6 (JPS 1917) — And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisama… · tree and pragmatics description: And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: Who acts: I, wisdom. 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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 (I, wisdom), 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:932 # text = And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee: 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 behold behold INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 Oholiab Oholiab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Ahisamach Ahisamach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Dan Dan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 38 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | present · perfect | I | Oholiab of the tribe of Dan | | | | with carving | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oholiab=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | hearted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | present · perfect | I | wisdom | | the hearts of all | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme in heart=Destination | | 4 | **make** | may | wisdom | all | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset all=Product | | 5 | **command** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | 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} וַאֲנִ֞י הִנֵּ֧ה נָתַ֣תִּי אִתּ֗וֹ אֵ֣ת אָהֳלִיאָ֞ב בֶּן־אֲחִֽיסָמָךְ֙ לְמַטֵּה־דָ֔ן וּבְלֵ֥ב כָּל־חֲכַם־לֵ֖ב נָתַ֣תִּי חָכְמָ֑ה וְעָשׂ֕וּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִֽךָ׃ [Exodus 31:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:932` 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 31:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.931/) - next →: [Exodus 31:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.933/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 31:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.6/)