--- title: Deuteronomy 4:31 (JPS 1917) — for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neith… · tree and pragmatics description: for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them. Who acts: LORD, fathers. 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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, fathers), 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:143 # text = for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them. 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 advcl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 18 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 22 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=pos, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the LORD | a merciful God | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **fail** | future | LORD | thee | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 3 | **destroy** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 4 | **forget** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | the covenant of thy fathers | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swear** | past | LORD | the covenant of thy fathers | | | | unto fathers *= father* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 6 | **covenant** | | thy fathers | | | | | | 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} כִּ֣י אֵ֤ל רַחוּם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לֹ֥א יַרְפְּךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א יַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָ וְלֹ֤א יִשְׁכַּח֙ אֶת־בְּרִ֣ית אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לָהֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 4:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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