--- title: Deuteronomy 7:16 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall d… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. Who acts: thou, LORD, eye, that. 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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 (thou, LORD, eye, that), 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:236 # text = And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 consume consume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 pity pity VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | shall | thou | all peoples | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Asset | | 2 | **deliver** | shall | the LORD | all peoples | | | | unto thee | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **not** **pity** | shall | thine eye | people | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **serve** | shall | thou | people's gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 5 | **is a** | future | that | a snare | | | | unto thee | 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} וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ אֶת־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ לֹא־תָחֹ֥ס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תַעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־מוֹקֵ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לָֽךְ׃ס [Deuteronomy 7:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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