--- title: Exodus 32:8 (JPS 1917) — they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them… · tree and pragmatics description: they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' Who acts: people, I, This, god. 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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, I, This, god), 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:952 # text = they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said: This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.' 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 aside aside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 molten molten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 worshipped worship VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 sacrificed sacrifice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 O o INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 43 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 vocative _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 49 out out ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | people | | | the way | | aside, quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme out way=Trajectory | | 2 | **command** | past | I | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | present · perfect | people | a molten calf | offerings *= offering* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary calf=Product | | 4 | **worship** | present · perfect | people *not said here* | calf | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **sacrifice** | present · perfect | people *not said here* | | | | | unto calf | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | This | thy god | | | | Israel *vocative* | tree rules | | 8 | **bring up** | past | thy god | thee | | the land of Egypt | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thou=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} סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ם עָשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם עֵ֖גֶל מַסֵּכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁתַּֽחֲווּ־לוֹ֙ וַיִּזְבְּחוּ־ל֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אֵ֤לֶּה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ [Exodus 32:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:952` 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 32:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.951/) - next →: [Exodus 32:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.953/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 32:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.8/)