--- title: Exodus 32:1 (JPS 1917) — And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mou… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.' 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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 (people, Moses, god, man), 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:945 # text = And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 delayed delay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 30 Up up INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 42 for for CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 54 out out ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 64 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 66 nsubj _ _ 65 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 ccomp _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 70 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **delay** | past | Moses | | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **come down** | to-infinitive | Moses *not said here* | | | the mount | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mount=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **gather** | past | the people | people | | | | unto Aaron; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the people *not said here* | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | | a god | us | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset we=Beneficiary god=Product | | 7 | **go** | shall | a god | | | | before us | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before we=Location | | 8 | **bring up** | past | the man | us | | the land of Egypt | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 9 | **not** **know** | present | we | | | | | as this Moses | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **become** | present · passive | | | | | | of Moses | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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} וַיַּ֣רְא הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־בֹשֵׁ֥שׁ מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָרֶ֣דֶת מִן־הָהָ֑ר וַיִּקָּהֵ֨ל הָעָ֜ם עַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ ק֣וּם ׀ עֲשֵׂה־לָ֣נוּ אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר יֵֽלְכוּ֙ לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ כִּי־זֶ֣ה ׀ מֹשֶׁ֣ה הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הֶֽעֱלָ֙נוּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְנוּ מֶה־הָ֥יָה לֽוֹ׃ [Exodus 32:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:945` 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 31:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.944/) - next →: [Exodus 32:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.946/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 32:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.1/)