--- title: Deuteronomy 7:25 (JPS 1917) — The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt… · tree and pragmatics description: The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. Who acts: ye, thou, silver, gold. 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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 (ye, thou, silver, gold), 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:245 # text = The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire; thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 graven graven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 9 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 14 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 covet covet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 snared snare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 37 therein therein ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | shall | ye | the graven images of beasts's gods | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent image=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 2 | **not** **covet** | shall | thou | the silver or the gold | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot silver=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | the silver or the gold | | | | | on beasts *= beast* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | gold | | | | unto thee | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **snare** | infinitive · passive | | thou | | | | therein *property* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | gold | a abomination | | | | to the LORD | tree rules | | 7 | **image** | | | beasts's gods | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} פְּסִילֵ֥י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם תִּשְׂרְפ֣וּן בָּאֵ֑שׁ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹד֩ כֶּ֨סֶף וְזָהָ֤ב עֲלֵיהֶם֙ וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ לָ֔ךְ פֶּ֚ן תִּוָּקֵ֣שׁ בּ֔וֹ כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ הֽוּא׃ [Deuteronomy 7:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:245` 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 7:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.244/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 7:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.246/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.7.25/)