--- title: Deuteronomy 6:15 (JPS 1917) — for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; l… · tree and pragmatics description: for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Who acts: jealous God, God, LORD. 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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 (jealous God, God, LORD), 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:210 # text = for a jealous God, even the LORD thy God, is in the midst of thee; lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and He destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 God God NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 19 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 29 against against ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 destroy destroy VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 off off ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a jealous God | | | the midst | | of thee | tree rules | | 2 | **kindle** | infinitive · passive | | the anger of the LORD | | | | against thee | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **destroy** | infinitive | God | thee | | the face of the earth | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 4 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=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} כִּ֣י אֵ֥ל קַנָּ֛א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ פֶּן־יֶ֠חֱרֶה אַף־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְהִשְׁמִ֣ידְךָ֔ מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ס [Deuteronomy 6:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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