--- title: Deuteronomy 8:20 (JPS 1917) — As the nations that the LORD maketh to perish before you, so shall y… · tree and pragmatics description: As the nations that the LORD maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God. Who acts: LORD, nations, 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 (LORD, nations, 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:266 # text = As the nations that the LORD maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of the LORD your God. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 because because SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | the LORD | the nations | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **perish** | to-infinitive | the nations *not said here* | | | | before you | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **perish** | shall | ye | | | | | as the nations | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **hearken** | would | ye | | | | | unto the voice of the LORD | tree rules | 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} כַּגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מַאֲבִ֣יד מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם כֵּ֖ן תֹאבֵד֑וּן עֵ֚קֶב לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֔וּן בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃פ [Deuteronomy 8:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.8.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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