--- title: Deuteronomy 7:9 (JPS 1917) — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, w… · tree and pragmatics description: Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; Who acts: you, LORD, faithful God. 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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 (you, LORD, faithful God), 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:229 # text = Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; 1 Know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 keepeth keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 29 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | present | the LORD | God | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | present | the faithful God | covenant and mercy | | | | with fathers *= father* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme | | 4 | **love** | present | | LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **keep** | present | | LORD's commandments | | | to thousand generations | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 6 | **command** | | LORD | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=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} וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֺתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃ [Deuteronomy 7:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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