--- title: Exodus 31:13 (JPS 1917) — 'Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shal… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shall keep My sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the LORD who sanctify you. Who acts: thou, ye, incense, I. 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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, ye, incense, I), 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:939 # text = 'Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shall keep My sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the LORD who sanctify you. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 Verily verily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 25 between between ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 conj _ _ 29 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 sanctify sanctify VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - 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 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | thou | | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **keep** | shall | ye | My sabbaths | | | | verily *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabbath=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | incense | a sign | | | throughout your generations | between Me | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | may | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sanctify** | present | the LORD | you | | | | | 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} וְאַתָּ֞ה דַּבֵּ֨ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַ֥ךְ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כִּי֩ א֨וֹת הִ֜וא בֵּינִ֤י וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם לָדַ֕עַת כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ [Exodus 31:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:939` 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 31:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.938/) - next →: [Exodus 31:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.940/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 31:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.13/)