Exodus 7:17 · JPS 1917
thus saith the LORD: In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD — behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Who acts: LORD, thou, I, rod, waters · What happens: say, know, be, smite, turn · To what, where: this, LORD, hand, river, people, blood · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Exodus 7:17 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (LORD, thou, I, rod), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 2 saith | advmod |
| 2 | saith | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 LORD | det |
| 4 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saith | nsubj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 know | punct |
| 6 | In | in | ADP | _ | 7 this | case |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 know | obl |
| 8 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 know | nsubj |
| 9 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | aux |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saith | ccomp |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 LORD | mark |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 LORD | nsubj |
| 13 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 LORD | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 LORD | det |
| 15 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 know | ccomp |
| 16 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 smite | punct |
| 17 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 21 smite | discourse |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 behold | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 smite | nsubj |
| 20 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 smite | aux |
| 21 | smite | smite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saith | parataxis |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 rod | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 rod | det |
| 24 | rod | rod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 smite | obl |
| 25 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 hand | nsubj |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 hand | cop |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 hand | case |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 rod | acl:relcl |
| 30 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 32 waters | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 waters | det |
| 32 | waters | water | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 smite | obl |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 river | nsubj |
| 34 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 river | cop |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 river | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 river | det |
| 37 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 waters | acl:relcl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 turned | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 turned | cc |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 turned | aux |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 turned | aux:pass |
| 43 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 smite | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 blood | case |
| 45 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 turned | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saith | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- promise
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- character
- polarity
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- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the LORD | thus property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | shall | thou | this | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | I | the LORD | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | smite | future | I | with the rod; upon the waters | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with rod=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | is | present | the rod | my hand | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is | present | the waters | the river | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | turn | shall · passive | people | blood | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to blood=Trajectory |
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
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּזֹ֣את תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַכֶּ֣ה ׀ בַּמַּטֶּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֗י עַל־הַמַּ֛יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּיְאֹ֖ר וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ לְדָֽם׃
Exodus 7:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:EXO:194 of Mova's parse database.
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