--- title: Deuteronomy 4:34 (JPS 1917) — Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of an… · tree and pragmatics description: Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes? 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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 (God, 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:146 # text = Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes? 1 Or or CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 assayed assay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 outstretched outstretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 terrors terror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 case _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 58 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 before before ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ _ 66 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assay** | present · perfect | God | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | God *not said here* | a nation | God | the midst of another nation | | by trials; by signs and wonders and war and a mighty hand and a outstretched arm and great terrors; accord all | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme nation=Destination | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | past | the LORD | | | Egypt | before thine eyes | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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} א֣וֹ ׀ הֲנִסָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָ֠בוֹא לָקַ֨חַת ל֣וֹ גוֹי֮ מִקֶּ֣רֶב גּוֹי֒ בְּמַסֹּת֩ בְּאֹתֹ֨ת וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה וּבְיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 4:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.4.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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