--- title: Deuteronomy 4:23 (JPS 1917) — Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD y… · tree and pragmatics description: Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. Who acts: you, ye, 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 (you, ye, 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:135 # text = Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 8 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 graven graven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 35 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 forbidden forbid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl:relcl _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | heed | | | | unto yourselves | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | present | ye | the covenant of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | LORD | the covenant of the LORD | | | | with you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a graven image | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary image=Product | | 5 | **forbid** | present · perfect | the LORD | any thing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} הִשָּׁמְר֣וּ לָכֶ֗ם פֶּֽן־תִּשְׁכְּחוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖ת עִמָּכֶ֑ם וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם לָכֶ֥ם פֶּ֙סֶל֙ תְּמ֣וּנַת כֹּ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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