--- title: Deuteronomy 5:5 (JPS 1917) — I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you t… · tree and pragmatics description: I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount — saying: Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:166 # text = I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount — saying: 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 26 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 34 up up ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 — - PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 40 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | I | | | | time | between the LORD | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between lord=Location | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the word of the LORD | | | | unto you | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | past | ye | | | | | because the fire; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **go up** | past | ye *not said here* | | | the mount | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication 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} אָ֠נֹכִי עֹמֵ֨ד בֵּין־יְהוָ֤ה וּבֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לְהַגִּ֥יד לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֤י יְרֵאתֶם֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י הָאֵ֔שׁ וְלֹֽא־עֲלִיתֶ֥ם בָּהָ֖ר לֵאמֹֽר׃ס [Deuteronomy 5:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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