--- title: Exodus 32:29 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said: 'Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, for every… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said: 'Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, for every man hath been against his son and against his brother; that He may also bestow upon you a blessing this day.' Who acts: Moses, man. 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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, 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:974 # text = And Moses said: 'Consecrate yourselves to-day to the LORD, for every man hath been against his son and against his brother; that He may also bestow upon you a blessing this day.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Consecrate consecrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 cop _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 against against 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 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 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 | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **consecrate** | infinitive | | yourselves | | | day | to the LORD | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | every man | | | | | against Moses's son and Moses's brother | tree rules | | 4 | **bestow** | may | man | a blessing | | | day | upon you | tree rules | 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 מֹשֶׁ֗ה מִלְא֨וּ יֶדְכֶ֤ם הַיּוֹם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ בִּבְנ֖וֹ וּבְאָחִ֑יו וְלָתֵ֧ת עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם הַיּ֖וֹם בְּרָכָֽה׃ [Exodus 32:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:974` 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 32:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.973/) - next →: [Exodus 32:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.975/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 32:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.32.29/)