--- title: Exodus 32:27 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Put… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.' Who acts: Moses, LORD, ye. 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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 (Moses, LORD, ye), 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:972 # text = And he said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 Thus thus ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 to to ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 fro fro ADV RB _ 30 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 slay slay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 50 det _ _ 50 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 56 det _ _ 56 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto sons *= son* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | ye | Moses's sword every man | | Moses's thigh | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme upon thigh=Destination | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | gate | throughout the camp | to gate | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from gate=Initial\_Location to gate=Destination | | 5 | **slay** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | Moses's brother every man and Moses's companion every man and Moses's neighbour every man | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׂ֥ימוּ אִישׁ־חַרְבּ֖וֹ עַל־יְרֵכ֑וֹ עִבְר֨וּ וָשׁ֜וּבוּ מִשַּׁ֤עַר לָשַׁ֙עַר֙ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהִרְג֧וּ אִֽישׁ־אֶת־אָחִ֛יו וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבֽוֹ׃ [Exodus 32:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:972` 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 32:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.971/) - next →: [Exodus 32:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.973/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 32:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.27/)