--- title: Deuteronomy 6:20 (JPS 1917) — When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the tes… · tree and pragmatics description: When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Who acts: son, 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 (son, 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:215 # text = When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asketh ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj _ _ 15 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 testimonies testimony NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 32 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | thy son | thee | | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | thy son *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **mean** | present | | the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent testimony=Topic | | 5 | **command** | present · perfect | the LORD | the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances | | | | | tree rules | 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} כִּֽי־יִשְׁאָלְךָ֥ בִנְךָ֛ מָחָ֖ר לֵאמֹ֑ר מָ֣ה הָעֵדֹ֗ת וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ אֶתְכֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 6:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:215` 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 6:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.214/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 6:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.216/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.20/)