Exodus 8:4 · JPS 1917
(8-4) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: 'Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.'
Who acts: Pharaoh, I, people, frogs · What happens: call, say, entreat, take away, let, go · To what, where: LORD, frogs, people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Exodus 8:4 · 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 (Pharaoh, I, people, frogs), 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 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 8-4 | punct |
| 2 | 8-4 | 8-4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 called | discourse |
| 3 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 8-4 | punct |
| 4 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 called | advmod |
| 5 | Pharaoh | Pharaoh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Moses | case |
| 8 | Moses | Moses | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 called | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Aaron | cc |
| 10 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Moses | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 said | cc |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | conj |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 Entreat | punct |
| 15 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 Entreat | punct |
| 16 | Entreat | entreat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 said | ccomp |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 LORD | det |
| 18 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Entreat | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 take | punct |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 take | mark |
| 21 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 take | nsubj |
| 22 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Sub VerbForm=Fin | 16 Entreat | advcl |
| 23 | away | away | ADP | _ | 22 take | compound:prt |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 frogs | det |
| 25 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 take | obj |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 take | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 people | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 people | cc |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 people | case |
| 31 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 people | nmod:poss |
| 32 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 me | conj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 let | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 let | cc |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 let | nsubj |
| 36 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 let | aux |
| 37 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 called | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 people | det |
| 39 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 let | obj |
| 40 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 let | xcomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 sacrifice | punct |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 sacrifice | mark |
| 43 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 sacrifice | nsubj |
| 44 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 sacrifice | aux |
| 45 | sacrifice | sacrifice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 go | advcl |
| 46 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 48 LORD | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 LORD | det |
| 48 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 sacrifice | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| 50 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | Pharaoh | then | for Moses and Aaron | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for moses=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Pharaoh not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | entreat | infinitive | the LORD | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | take away | present | Pharaoh | the frogs | from me | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme from i=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | let | future | I | the people | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | go | infinitive | the people not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | sacrifice | may | frogs = frog | unto the LORD | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֜ה לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַעְתִּ֣ירוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיָסֵר֙ הַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֔ים מִמֶּ֖נִּי וּמֵֽעַמִּ֑י וַאֲשַׁלְּחָה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְיִזְבְּח֖וּ לַיהוָֽה׃
Exodus 8:4: 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:210 of Mova's parse database.
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