--- title: Deuteronomy 3:18 (JPS 1917) — And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God hath gi… · tree and pragmatics description: And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour. Who acts: I, LORD, ye. 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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 (I, LORD, ye), 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:DEU:101 # text = And I commanded you at that time, saying: 'The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valour. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 12 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 iobj _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 28 over over ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 armed armed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 appos _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | I | you | | | time | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | this land | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient land=Theme | | 4 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **pass over** | shall | ye | | | your brethren | | armed *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before brethren=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 {#hebrew} וָאֲצַ֣ו אֶתְכֶ֔ם בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֗ם נָתַ֨ן לָכֶ֜ם אֶת־הָאָ֤רֶץ הַזֹּאת֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ חֲלוּצִ֣ים תַּֽעַבְר֗וּ לִפְנֵ֛י אֲחֵיכֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כָּל־בְּנֵי־חָֽיִל׃ [Deuteronomy 3:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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