--- title: Deuteronomy 11:8 (JPS 1917) — Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee thi… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go over to possess it; Who acts: ye, 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 (ye, 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:326 # text = Therefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go over to possess it; 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 17 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 over over ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - hedged: yes - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | shall | ye | all commandment | | | | therefore *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 2 | **command** | present | I | all commandment | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | may | ye | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go in** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 6 | **go over** | present | ye | | | | | whither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **possess** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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} וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ וּבָאתֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם עֹבְרִ֥ים שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 11:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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