--- title: Deuteronomy 5:16 (JPS 1917) — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee… · tree and pragmatics description: Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Who acts: you, LORD, days, servant. 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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 (you, LORD, days, servant), 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:177 # text = Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 1 Honour honour VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 iobj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **honour** | imperative | you *not said here* | thy father and thy mother | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | past | the LORD | thee | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | may | thy days | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | may | servant | | | | | with thee; upon the land; well *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with thou=Beneficiary | | 5 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=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} כַּבֵּ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ עַ֚ל הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ס [Deuteronomy 5:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:177` 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 5:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.176/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 5:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.178/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.16/)