--- title: Deuteronomy 4:5 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. 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:117 # text = Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 33 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | statutes and ordinances | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient statute=Topic | | 2 | **command** | past | the LORD | me | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **do** | should | ye | | | the midst of the land | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go in** | present | ye | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | midst | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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} רְאֵ֣ה ׀ לִמַּ֣דְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֗ם חֻקִּים֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוַּ֖נִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֔ן בְּקֶ֣רֶב הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם בָּאִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:117` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 4:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.116/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 4:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.118/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 4:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.5/)