--- title: Deuteronomy 4:27 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be le… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away. Who acts: 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 (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:139 # text = And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 scatter scatter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scatter** | shall | the LORD | you | | | | among the peoples | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme among people=Destination | | 2 | **leave** | shall · passive | | ye | | number among the nations | | few *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in number=Location | | 3 | **lead away** | shall | the LORD | you | | | | away, whither *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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} וְהֵפִ֧יץ יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּ֑ים וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְנַהֵ֧ג יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃ [Deuteronomy 4:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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