--- title: Deuteronomy 6:1 (JPS 1917) — Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which… · tree and pragmatics description: Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it — Who acts: this, LORD, 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 (this, LORD, 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:196 # text = Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it — 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 over over ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 — - PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | the commandment and the statutes and the ordinances | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **command** | past | the LORD | the statutes and the ordinances | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **teach** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | might | ye | ordinances *= ordinance* | | the land | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **go over** | present | ye | | | | | over, whither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *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} וְזֹ֣את הַמִּצְוָ֗ה הַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם לְלַמֵּ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֑ם לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 6:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:196` 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 5:33 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.195/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 6:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.197/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.1/)