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title: Deuteronomy 9:9 (JPS 1917) — When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, ev… · tree and pragmatics
description: When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water. Who acts: LORD, I. Deuteronomy 9:9 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and 
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# Deuteronomy 9:9 · JPS 1917

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When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

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**Who acts:** LORD, I · **What happens:** go up, receive, make, abode, eat, drink · **To what, where:** I, mount, tables, covenant, bread, water

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This is Deuteronomy 9:9 · 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 (LORD, I), 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:275
# text = When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tables	table	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tables	table	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	appos	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	abode	abode	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl:unmarked	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
39	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	conj	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
42	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
43	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	47	cc:preconj	_	_
44	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	parataxis	_	_
45	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obj	_	_
46	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	47	cc	_	_
47	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
48	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past · passive |  | I |  | the mount |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: subject=Extent |
| 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  | the tables of stone |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past | the LORD | the covenant |  |  |  | with you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product |
| 4 | **abode** | past | I |  |  | the mount | then; day |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **eat** | past · do-support | I | bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |
| 6 | **drink** | infinitive | I *not said here* | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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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בַּעֲלֹתִ֣י הָהָ֗רָה לָקַ֜חַת לוּחֹ֤ת הָֽאֲבָנִים֙ לוּחֹ֣ת הַבְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר־כָּרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּכֶ֑ם וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב בָּהָ֗ר אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אָכַ֔לְתִּי וּמַ֖יִם לֹ֥א שָׁתִֽיתִי׃

[Deuteronomy 9:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.9/)

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