Exodus 4:18 · JPS 1917

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him: 'Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.' And Jethro said to Moses: 'Go in peace.'

Who acts: Moses, me, I, brethren, Jethro · What happens: go, return, say, let, pray, be · To what, where: Jethro, me, thee, Egypt, Moses, peace · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Exodus 4:18 · 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 (Moses, me, I, brethren), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 went	cc
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 returned	cc
5	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Jethro	case
7	Jethro	Jethro	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 father	nmod:poss
9	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Jethro	appos
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 law	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 law	case
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 law	punct
13	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 father	compound
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 said	cc
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
17	unto	unto	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 said	obl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	21 Let	punct
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	21 Let	punct
21	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 said	ccomp
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 Let	obj
23	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Let	xcomp
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 pray	punct
25	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 pray	nsubj
26	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 Let	parataxis
27	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	26 pray	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 return	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 return	cc
30	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 Let	conj
31	unto	unto	ADP	_	33 brethren	case
32	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	33 brethren	nmod:poss
33	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 return	obl
34	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 Egypt	nsubj
35	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 Egypt	cop
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 Egypt	case
37	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 brethren	acl:relcl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 see	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 see	cc
40	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 return	conj
41	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	45 alive	mark
42	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 alive	nsubj
43	be	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	45 alive	cop
44	yet	yet	ADV	_	45 alive	advmod
45	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 see	ccomp
46	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
47	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
48	And	and	CCONJ	_	50 said	cc
49	Jethro	Jethro	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 said	nsubj
50	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
51	to	to	ADP	_	52 Moses	case
52	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 said	obl
53	:	:	PUNCT	_	55 Go	punct
54	'	'	PUNCT	_	55 Go	punct
55	Go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 said	ccomp
56	in	in	ADP	_	57 peace	case
57	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 Go	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	55 Go	punct
59	'	'	PUNCT	_	55 Go	punct

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	go	past	Moses						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return	past	Moses not said here		Jethro				vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to jethro=Result
3	say speech: assert	past	Moses not said here					unto Moses	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	let	infinitive		me					tree rules
5	go	infinitive	me not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	pray	present	I	thee					tree rules
7	return	infinitive						unto my brethren	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	is	present	my brethren			Egypt			tree rules
9	see	infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
10	is	present	brethren				yet	alive property	tree rules
11	say speech: assert	past	Jethro		Moses				vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to moses=Experiencer clause=Topic
12	go	infinitive				peace			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location

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

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַיָּ֣שָׁב ׀ אֶל־יֶ֣תֶר חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ אֵ֣לֲכָה נָּ֗א וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ אֶל־אַחַ֣י אֲשֶׁר־בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֶרְאֶ֖ה הַעוֹדָ֣ם חַיִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יִתְר֛וֹ לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה לֵ֥ךְ לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

Exodus 4:18: 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:98 of Mova's parse database.

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