--- title: Deuteronomy 8:1 (JPS 1917) — All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe t… · tree and pragmatics description: All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers. Who acts: I, 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 (I, 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:247 # text = All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 multiply multiply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | present | I | all commandment | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **observe** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | all commandment | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Eventuality | | 4 | **live** | may | ye | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **multiply** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go in** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 8 | **swear** | past | the LORD | the land | | | | unto your 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} כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת לְמַ֨עַן תִּֽחְי֜וּן וּרְבִיתֶ֗ם וּבָאתֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 8:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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