--- title: Deuteronomy 4:3 (JPS 1917) — Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men… · tree and pragmatics description: Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee. Who acts: eyes, LORD, men. 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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 (eyes, LORD, men), 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:115 # text = Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 peor peor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 30 mark _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Peor Peor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | Your eyes | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | past | the LORD | | | Baal peor | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **follow** | past | all men | the Baal of Peor | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baal=Theme | | 4 | **destroy** | present · perfect | the LORD | all men | | the midst of thee | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה בְּבַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר בַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר כִּ֣י כָל־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָלַךְ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י בַֽעַל־פְּע֔וֹרבַֽעַל־פְּע֔וֹר הִשְׁמִיד֛וֹ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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