--- title: Deuteronomy 9:18 (JPS 1917) — And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and for… · tree and pragmatics description: And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him. Who acts: 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 (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:284 # text = And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc:preconj _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 24 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 26 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 29 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 33 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sinned sin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 in in SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 advcl _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl:relcl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 53 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | I | | | | before the LORD; day | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before lord=Location | | 2 | **eat** | past · do-support | I | bread | | | | because your sin | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 3 | **drink** | infinitive | I *not said here* | water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 4 | **sin** | past | ye | your sin | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **do** | gerund | ye *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | | LORD | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 8 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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} וָֽאֶתְנַפַּל֩ לִפְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה כָּרִאשֹׁנָ֗ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה לֶ֚חֶם לֹ֣א אָכַ֔לְתִּי וּמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א שָׁתִ֑יתִי עַ֤ל כָּל־חַטַּאתְכֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲטָאתֶ֔ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לְהַכְעִיסֽוֹ׃ [Deuteronomy 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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