--- title: Deuteronomy 4:19 (JPS 1917) — and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest th… · tree and pragmatics description: and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. Who acts: thou, LORD. 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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 (thou, LORD), 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:131 # text = and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lift lift VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 thine thine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seest see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 allotted allot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 acl:relcl _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 54 under under ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | present | thou | thine eyes | | | | unto heaven | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | thou | the sun and the moon and the stars | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 3 | **draw away** | infinitive · passive | | thou | | | | away *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **worship** | infinitive | | sun | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **serve** | infinitive | | sun | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 6 | **allot** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | unto all peoples under the whole heaven | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=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} וּפֶן־תִּשָּׂ֨א עֵינֶ֜יךָ הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וְֽ֠רָאִיתָ אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ וְאֶת־הַיָּרֵ֜חַ וְאֶת־הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנִדַּחְתָּ֛ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם וַעֲבַדְתָּ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָלַ֜ק יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֹתָ֔ם לְכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ [Deuteronomy 4:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:131` 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 4:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.130/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 4:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.132/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.19/)