--- title: Deuteronomy 4:21 (JPS 1917) — Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I sh… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance; Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:133 # text = Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance; 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 angered anger VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sakes sake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 iobj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **anger** | past · passive | | the LORD | | | now | with me; for your sakes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **swear** | past | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **go** | should | I | | | the Jordan | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over jordan=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **not** **go in** | should | I | | | | | unto that good land | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | present | the LORD | that good land | thee | | | for a inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme for inheritance=Asset | 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} וַֽיהוָ֥ה הִתְאַנֶּף־בִּ֖יעַל־דִּבְרֵיכֶ֑ם וַיִּשָּׁבַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֤י עָבְרִי֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וּלְבִלְתִּי־בֹא֙ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ נַחֲלָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 4:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:133` 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 4:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.132/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 4:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.134/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.21/)