--- title: Deuteronomy 9:6 (JPS 1917) — Know therefore that it is not for thy righteousness that the LORD th… · tree and pragmatics description: Know therefore that it is not for thy righteousness that the LORD thy God giveth thee this good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people. Who acts: you, LORD, thou. 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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 (you, LORD, thou), 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:272 # text = Know therefore that it is not for thy righteousness that the LORD thy God giveth thee this good land to possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked people. 1 Know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 expl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 csubj _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 iobj _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 26 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 stiffnecked stiffnecked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 people people NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | for thy righteousness | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | the LORD | this good land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient land=Theme | | 4 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | thou | a stiffnecked people | | | | | 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} וְיָדַעְתָּ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֤א בְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֠לֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֜ אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֛ה הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ כִּ֥י עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף אָֽתָּה׃ [Deuteronomy 9:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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