--- title: Deuteronomy 7:2 (JPS 1917) — and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and tho… · tree and pragmatics description: and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them; Who acts: LORD, thou. 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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, thou), 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:222 # text = and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 36 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 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 | **deliver up** | shall | the LORD | nations *= nation* | | | before thee | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **smite** | shall | thou | nations *= nation* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 3 | **destroy** | shall | thou | nations *= nation* | | | then | utterly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **make** | shall | thou | no covenant | | | | with nations *= nation* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset covenant=Product | | 5 | **show** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | mercy | | | | unto nations *= nation* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mercy=Recipient | 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} וּנְתָנָ֞ם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ לְפָנֶ֖יךָ וְהִכִּיתָ֑ם הַחֲרֵ֤ם תַּחֲרִים֙ אֹתָ֔ם לֹא־תִכְרֹ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם בְּרִ֖ית וְלֹ֥א תְחָנֵּֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 7:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:222` 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 7:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.221/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 7:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.223/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.2/)