--- title: Deuteronomy 6:24 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. Who acts: LORD, good. 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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 (LORD, good), 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:219 # text = And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 always always ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD _ 27 aux _ _ 27 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the LORD | us | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | all statutes | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Eventuality | | 3 | **fear** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the LORD | | | | for our good; always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus for good=Attribute | | 4 | **preserve** | might | LORD | | us | | | alive *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 5 | **is** | present | good | | | | at this day | | 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} וַיְצַוֵּ֣נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה לְיִרְאָ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְט֥וֹב לָ֙נוּ֙ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֔ים לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ כְּהַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 6:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:219` 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 6:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.218/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 6:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.220/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 6:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.24/)