--- title: Deuteronomy 5:29 (JPS 1917) — Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep al… · tree and pragmatics description: Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Who acts: people, heart, My. 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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 (people, heart, My), 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:191 # text = Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nmod _ _ 10 alway alway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 14 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 nmod _ _ 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | people | such heart | | | | as this; alway *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **fear** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | people *not said here* | My commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 4 | **is** | might | heart | | | | | with people; well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **command** | | My | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=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} מִֽי־יִתֵּ֡ן וְהָיָה֩ לְבָבָ֨ם זֶ֜ה לָהֶ֗ם לְיִרְאָ֥ה אֹתִ֛י וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתַ֖י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֑ים לְמַ֨עַן יִיטַ֥ב לָהֶ֛ם וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם לְעֹלָֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 5:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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