--- title: Deuteronomy 8:3 (JPS 1917) — And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee wit… · tree and pragmatics description: And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 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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 (LORD, thou, fathers, thee), 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:249 # text = And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 afflicted afflict VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hunger hunger VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 manna manna NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 knewest know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 27 cc _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 proceedeth proceed VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 out out ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 50 fixed _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **afflict** | past | LORD | thee | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 2 | **suffer** | past | LORD *not said here* | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hunger** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **feed** | past | LORD *not said here* | thee | | | | with manna | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | thou | manna | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 6 | **know** | past · do-support | thy fathers | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **make** | might | LORD | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **live** | present · do-support | man | | | | | by bread | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bread=Location | | 10 | **proceed** | present | every thing | | | the mouth of the LORD | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **live** | present · do-support | man | | | | | by every thing | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by thing=Location | 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} וַֽיְעַנְּךָ֮ וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒ וַיַּֽאֲכִֽלְךָ֤ אֶתהַמָּן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יָדַ֔עְתָּ וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּן אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן הוֹדִֽעֲךָ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֣א עַל־הַלֶּ֤חֶם לְבַדּוֹ֙ יִחְיֶ֣ה הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֛י עַל־כָּל־מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־יְהוָ֖ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 8:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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