--- title: Deuteronomy 8:19 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God, and walk aft… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I forewarn you this day that ye shall surely perish. Who acts: thou, I, ye. 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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, I, ye), 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:265 # text = And it shall be, if thou shalt forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I forewarn you this day that ye shall surely perish. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 8 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 worship worship VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 forewarn forewarn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 surely surely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall | thou | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | after other gods | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **serve** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | power | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 4 | **worship** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | power | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **forewarn** | present | I | | you | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **perish** | shall | ye | | | | | surely *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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} וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־שָׁכֹ֤חַ תִּשְׁכַּח֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֗ אַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַעֲבַדְתָּ֖ם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֣יתָ לָהֶ֑ם הַעִדֹ֤תִי בָכֶם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י אָבֹ֖ד תֹּאבֵדֽוּן׃ [Deuteronomy 8:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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