--- title: Deuteronomy 5:31 (JPS 1917) — But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee a… · tree and pragmatics description: But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.' Who acts: thou, I, commandments. 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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, commandments), 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:193 # text = But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 8 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | infinitive | thou | | | here | | as thee; by Me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by i=Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | I | all commandment and the statutes and the ordinances | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* | shall | thou | the ordinances | commandments *= commandment* | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | may | commandments *= commandment* | ordinances *= ordinance* | | the land | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **give** | present | I | the land | commandments *= commandment* | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **possess** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=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} וְאַתָּ֗ה פֹּה֮ עֲמֹ֣ד עִמָּדִי֒ וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה אֵלֶ֗יךָ אֵ֧ת כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֛ה וְהַחֻקִּ֥ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תְּלַמְּדֵ֑ם וְעָשׂ֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 5:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.5.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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