--- title: Deuteronomy 10:20 (JPS 1917) — Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve; and to Him s… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve; and to Him shalt thou cleave, and by His name shalt thou swear. Who acts: Thou, LORD. 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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 (Thou, LORD), 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:316 # text = Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve; and to Him shalt thou cleave, and by His name shalt thou swear. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cleave cleave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | shall | Thou | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 2 | **serve** | shall | thou | LORD | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 3 | **cleave** | shall | thou | | LORD | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to he=Result | | 4 | **swear** | shall | thou | | | | | by LORD's name | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אֶת־יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ תִּירָ֖א אֹת֣וֹ תַעֲבֹ֑ד וּב֣וֹ תִדְבָּ֔ק וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ [Deuteronomy 10:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.10.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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