--- title: Deuteronomy 4:25 (JPS 1917) — When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shal… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him; Who acts: thou, 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 (thou, 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:137 # text = When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him; 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 beget beget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 cop _ _ 17 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 corruptly corruptly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 graven grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 obj _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 58 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beget** | shall | thou | children and children's children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 2 | **is** | shall · perfect | ye | | | the land | | long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **deal** | shall | ye *not said here* | | | | | corruptly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | a graven image | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset image=Product | | 5 | **do** | shall | ye *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | LORD | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 8 | **form** | | | any thing | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} כִּֽי־תוֹלִ֤יד בָּנִים֙ וּבְנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗ם וַעֲשִׂ֤יתֶם פֶּ֙סֶל֙ תְּמ֣וּנַת כֹּ֔ל וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֥ם הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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