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title: Deuteronomy 9:23 (JPS 1917) — And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and po… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed Him not, nor hearkened to His voice. Who acts: LORD, I, ye. Deuteronomy 9:23 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree
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# Deuteronomy 9:23 · JPS 1917

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And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed Him not, nor hearkened to His voice.

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**Who acts:** LORD, I, ye · **What happens:** send, say, go up, possess, give, rebel · **To what, where:** you, Kadesh barnea, land, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 9:23 · 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, 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:290
# text = And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed Him not, nor hearkened to His voice.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	Kadesh	Kadesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	_
10	barnea	barnea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
12	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
16	up	up	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	possess	possess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obj	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	iobj	_	_
26	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	30	advmod	_	_
29	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	nsubj	_	_
30	rebelled	rebel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
31	against	against	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	42	nsubj	_	_
42	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	conj	_	_
43	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	42	advmod	_	_
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	47	cc	_	_
47	hearkened	hearken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the LORD | you |  | Kadesh barnea |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme from barnea=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go up** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **possess** | infinitive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the land | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme |
| 6 | **rebel** | past | ye |  |  |  | then | against the commandment of the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against commandment=Maleficiary |
| 7 | **not** **believe** | past | ye | LORD |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 8 | **hearken** | past | ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to LORD's voice | tree rules |
| 9 | **command** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=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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וּבִשְׁלֹ֨חַ יְהוָ֜ה אֶתְכֶ֗ם מִקָּדֵ֤שׁ בַּרְנֵ֙עַ֙ קָּדֵ֤שׁ בַּרְנֵ֙עַ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עֲלוּ֙ וּרְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לָכֶ֑ם וַתַּמְר֗וּ אֶת־פִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹ֤א הֶֽאֱמַנְתֶּם֙ ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃

[Deuteronomy 9:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.23/)

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