--- title: Exodus 31:15 (JPS 1917) — Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of… · tree and pragmatics description: Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Who acts: whosoever. 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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 (whosoever), 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:941 # text = Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 dislocated _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 surely surely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall · passive | | work | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a sabbath | | | day | of solemn rest | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | whosoever | any work | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **put** | shall · passive | | LORD | | | | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=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} שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִים֮ יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה מְלָאכָה֒ וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י שַׁבַּ֧ת שַׁבָּת֛וֹן קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַיהוָ֑ה כָּל־הָעֹשֶׂ֧ה מְלָאכָ֛ה בְּי֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ [Exodus 31:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:941` 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 31:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.940/) - next →: [Exodus 31:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.942/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 31:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.15/)