--- title: Exodus 32:13 (JPS 1917) — Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou dids… · tree and pragmatics description: Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.' 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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 (you, Thou, I, Abraham), 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:958 # text = Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Thy servants, to whom Thou didst swear by Thine own self, and saidst unto them: I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.' 1 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 14 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 didst do AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 Thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 saidst say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 multiply multiply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 57 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | Abraham and Isaac and Israel and Thy servants | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent abraham=Theme | | 2 | **swear** | do-support | Thou | | | | | to Thy servants; by Thine own self | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Thou *not said here* | | | | | unto servants *= servant* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **multiply** | future | I | your seed | | | | as the stars of heaven | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | | | | | of all land | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | future | I | all land | | | | unto your seed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 7 | **inherit** | shall | Abraham | land | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} זְכֹ֡ר לְאַבְרָהָם֩ לְיִצְחָ֨ק וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל עֲבָדֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתָּ לָהֶם֮ בָּךְ֒ וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם אַרְבֶּה֙ אֶֽת־זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם כְּכוֹכְבֵ֖י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְכָל־הָאָ֨רֶץ הַזֹּ֜את אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֗רְתִּי אֶתֵּן֙ לְזַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וְנָחֲל֖וּ לְעֹלָֽם׃ [Exodus 32:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:958` 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 32:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.957/) - next →: [Exodus 32:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.959/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 32:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.13/)