--- title: Deuteronomy 7:12 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, a… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers, Who acts: anger, ye, 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 (anger, ye, 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:232 # text = And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which He swore unto thy fathers, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hearken hearken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 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 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | anger | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | anger *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hearken** | present | ye | | | | | to this ordinances | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **do** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | ordinances *= ordinance* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | shall | the LORD | the covenant and the mercy | | | | with thee | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Theme | | 7 | **swear** | past | LORD | the mercy | | | | unto thy fathers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | 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} וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ עֵ֣קֶב תִּשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֤ת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְשָׁמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ לְךָ֗ אֶֽת־הַבְּרִית֙ וְאֶת־הַחֶ֔סֶד אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 7:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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