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title: Deuteronomy 8:2 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led… · tree and pragmatics
description: And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no. Who acts: thou, LORD. Deuteronomy 8:2 in JPS 1917 with its depen
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# Deuteronomy 8:2 · JPS 1917

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And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.

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**Who acts:** thou, LORD · **What happens:** remember, lead, afflict, prove, know, be · **To what, where:** way, wilderness, thee, heart, commandments · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 8:2 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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), 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:248
# text = And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that He might afflict thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.
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	remember	remember	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	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	which	which	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	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	obj	_	_
16	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
17	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	afflict	afflict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
27	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	obj	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
31	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	obj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
35	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	39	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	ccomp	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	nsubj	_	_
43	wouldest	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
45	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	no.	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	44	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | shall | thou | all way |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 2 | **lead** | present · perfect | the LORD | all way |  | the wilderness | year |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **afflict** | might | LORD | thee |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer |
| 4 | **prove** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **is** | past |  |  |  | thy heart |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **keep** | would | thou | LORD's commandments |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme |
| 8 | **command** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וְזָכַרְתָּ֣ אֶת־כָּל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֹלִֽיכֲךָ֜ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ זֶ֛ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְמַ֨עַן עַנֹּֽתְךָ֜ לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ֗ לָדַ֜עַת אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֧ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֛ הֲתִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֺתָ֖יו אִם־לֹֽא׃

[Deuteronomy 8:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.2/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:248` 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.

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