--- title: Deuteronomy 5:9 (JPS 1917) — Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD th… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me, Who acts: Thou, I, fourth generation. 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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, I, fourth generation), 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:170 # text = Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me, 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 10 cc _ _ 10 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bow down** | shall | Thou | | | | | unto thing | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **serve** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | thing | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | a jealous God | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **visit** | gerund | I *not said here* | the iniquity of the fathers | | | | upon the children; upon the third and the fourth generation of thing | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Co-Agent | | 5 | **hate** | present | the fourth generation of thing | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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} לֹא־תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣הלָהֶ֖ם֮וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָב֧וֹת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים וְעַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י [Deuteronomy 5:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:170` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 5:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.169/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 5:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.171/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.9/)