--- title: Deuteronomy 9:12 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence;… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.' Who acts: LORD, thou, people, I. 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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, people, 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:278 # text = And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 hence hence ADV RB _ 11 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 forth forth ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 31 corruptly corruptly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 37 aside aside ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 molten molten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 xcomp _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **arise** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get down** | infinitive | | thee | | | | down, quickly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | present · perfect | thou | thy people | | Egypt | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent that=Theme out egypt=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **deal** | present · perfect | thy people | | | | | corruptly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **turn** | present · passive | | people | | the way | | aside, quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme out way=Trajectory | | 7 | **command** | past | I | the way | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | present · perfect | people | tables *= table* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י ק֣וּם רֵ֤ד מַהֵר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹצֵ֖אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם סָ֣רוּ מַהֵ֗ר מִן־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ם עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם מַסֵּכָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 9:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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