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title: Deuteronomy 11:28 — and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. Who acts: ye, I. Deuteronomy 11:28 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and the prag
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# Deuteronomy 11:28 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** ye, I · **What happens:** not hearken, turn, command, go, not know · **To what, where:** way, other gods, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Deuteronomy 11:28 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — ye, I — and what happens in the verse to way, other gods, LORD, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 34 chapters of Deuteronomy on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה אִם־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ס

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[and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.346/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

```conllu rtl gloss
# sent_id = wlc:DEU:343
# text = וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה אִם־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ס
# verse = DEU.11.28
1-3	וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	3	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_11:28!1|MId=o050110280011|Strong=2050b
2	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	3	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_11:28!1|MId=o050110280012|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
3	קְּלָלָ֗ה	קְלָלָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	0	root	_	Gloss=curse|Ref=DEU_11:28!1|MId=o050110280013|Strong=7045
4	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	6	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=DEU_11:28!2|MId=o050110280021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
5	לֹ֤א	לֹא	ADV	_	_	6	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_11:28!3|MId=o050110280031|Strong=3808|Type=negative
6	תִשְׁמְעוּ֙	שָׁמַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	3	parataxis	_	Gloss=you.will.obey|Ref=DEU_11:28!4|MId=o050110280041|Strong=8085|Frame=A0:050110060261;|Type=yiqtol
7	אֶל־	אֶל	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	Gloss=(to)|Ref=DEU_11:28!5|MId=o050110280051|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No
8	מִצְוֺת֙	מִצְוָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Plur	6	obl	_	Gloss=the.commandments|Ref=DEU_11:28!6|MId=o050110280061|Strong=4687
9	יְהוָ֣ה	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	8	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=of.Yahweh|Ref=DEU_11:28!7|MId=o050110280071|Strong=3068
10-11	אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	אֱלֹֽהֵי	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	9	appos	_	Gloss=God|Ref=DEU_11:28!8|MId=o050110280081|Strong=0430
11	כֶ֔ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_11:28!8|MId=o050110280082|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
12-13	וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
12	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	13	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_11:28!9|MId=o050110280091|Strong=2050b
13	סַרְתֶּ֣ם	סוּר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	6	conj	_	Gloss=you.will.turn.aside|Ref=DEU_11:28!9|MId=o050110280092|Strong=5493|Frame=A0:050110060261;|Type=weqatal
14	מִן־	מִן	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=DEU_11:28!10|MId=o050110280101|Strong=4480|SpaceAfter=No
15-16	הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
15	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	16	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_11:28!11|MId=o050110280111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
16	דֶּ֔רֶךְ	דֶּרֶךְ	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	Gloss=way|Ref=DEU_11:28!11|MId=o050110280112|Strong=1870
17	אֲשֶׁ֧ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	19	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_11:28!12|MId=o050110280121|Strong=0834|Type=relative
18	אָנֹכִ֛י	אָנֹכִי	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	Gloss=I|Ref=DEU_11:28!13|MId=o050110280131|Strong=0595|Type=personal
19	מְצַוֶּ֥ה	צָוָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing	16	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=[am].commanding|Ref=DEU_11:28!14|MId=o050110280141|Strong=6680|Frame=A0:050110280131;A2:050110280152;A1:050110280112;|Type=participle_active
20-21	אֶתְכֶ֖ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	אֶת	אֵת	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=DEU_11:28!15|MId=o050110280151|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker
21	ְכֶ֖ם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_11:28!15|MId=o050110280152|Strong=3641b|Type=pronominal
22-23	הַיּ֑וֹם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	23	det	_	Gloss=this|Ref=DEU_11:28!16|MId=o050110280161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
23	יּ֑וֹם	יוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	19	obl	_	Gloss=day|Ref=DEU_11:28!16|MId=o050110280162|Strong=3117
24-25	לָלֶ֗כֶת	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	25	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_11:28!17|MId=o050110280171|Strong=3807a
25	לֶ֗כֶת	הלך	VERB	_	HebBinyan=QAL	13	advcl	_	Gloss=walk|Ref=DEU_11:28!17|MId=o050110280172|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:050110060261;|Type=infinitive_construct
26	אַחֲרֵ֛י	אַחַר	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	Gloss=after|Ref=DEU_11:28!18|MId=o050110280181|Strong=0310
27	אֱלֹהִ֥ים	אֱלֹהִים	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	25	obl	_	Gloss=gods|Ref=DEU_11:28!19|MId=o050110280191|Strong=0430
28	אֲחֵרִ֖ים	אַחֵר	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	27	amod	_	Gloss=other|Ref=DEU_11:28!20|MId=o050110280201|Strong=0312|Type=adjective
29	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	אֲשֶׁר	SCONJ	_	_	31	mark	_	Gloss=which|Ref=DEU_11:28!21|MId=o050110280211|Strong=0834|Type=relative
30	לֹֽא־	לֹא	ADV	_	_	31	advmod	_	Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_11:28!22|MId=o050110280221|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No
31	יְדַעְתֶּֽם	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=2	27	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=you.have.known|Ref=DEU_11:28!23|MId=o050110280231|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:050110060261;A1:050110280191;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No
32	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=DEU_11:28!23|SpaceAfter=No
33	ס	ס	PUNCT	_	_	31	punct	_	Ref=DEU_11:28!23
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: yes

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **not** תִשְׁמְעוּ *you will obey* | yiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| סַרְתֶּם *you will turn aside* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| מְצַוֶּה *\[am\] commanding* | participle active · piel | אָנֹכִי *I* | דֶּרֶךְ *way* | ְכֶם *you* |  |
| לֶכֶת *walk* | infinitive construct · qal |  |  |  |  |
| **not** יְדַעְתֶּֽם *you have known* | qatal · qal |  | אֱלֹהִים *gods* |  |  |

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MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

## Targum Onkelos {#onkelos}

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וּלְוָטִין אִם לָא תְקַבְּלוּן לְפִקוּדַיָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן וְתִסְטוּן מִן אָרְחָא דִי אֲנָא מְפַקֵד יָתְכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין לִמְהַךְ בָּתַר טַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָא דִי לָא יְדַעְתּוּן

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

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1. [and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.346/)

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**Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

**English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:DEU:343`.

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