--- title: Deuteronomy 4:14 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ord… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. Who acts: 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 (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:126 # text = And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 might might AUX MD _ 19 aux _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 over over ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | the LORD | me | | | time | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | statutes and ordinances | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient statute=Topic | | 3 | **do** | might | ye | statutes *= statute* | | the land | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 4 | **go over** | present | ye | | | | | over, whither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | land | | | | | 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} וְאֹתִ֞י צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לְלַמֵּ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֔ם חֻקִּ֖ים וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑ים לַעֲשֹׂתְכֶ֣ם אֹתָ֔ם בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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