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title: Deuteronomy 3:24 (JPS 1917) — 'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: 'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy mighty acts? Who acts: Thou, that, god, Thy. Deuteronomy 3:24 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragma
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# Deuteronomy 3:24 · JPS 1917

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'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy mighty acts?

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**Who acts:** Thou, that, god, Thy · **What happens:** begin, show, god, be, do, accord · **To what, where:** greatness, servant, heaven

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This is Deuteronomy 3:24 · 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 (Thou, that, god, Thy), 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:107
# text = 'O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to show Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy mighty acts?
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
7	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	iobj	_	_
13	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	greatness	greatness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
21	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
22	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	23	det	_	_
23	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advcl	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
33	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl:relcl	_	_
35	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	case	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	fixed	_	_
37	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
41	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	45	case	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	fixed	_	_
43	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nmod:poss	_	_
44	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	_
46	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present · perfect | Thou |  |  |  |  | Lord GOD *vocative* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | Thy greatness and Thy strong hand | Thy servant |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient greatness=Topic |
| 3 | **god** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | what god |  |  | heaven or earth |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | can | what god *not said here* |  |  |  |  | accord Thy works and Thy mighty acts | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **work** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **act** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אַתָּ֤ה הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ לְהַרְא֣וֹת אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶ֨ת־גָּדְלְךָ֔ וְאֶת־יָדְךָ֖ הַחֲזָקָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִי־אֵל֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּבָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃

[Deuteronomy 3:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.24/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:107` of Mova's parse database.

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