--- title: Deuteronomy 11:17 (JPS 1917) — and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He shut up the… · tree and pragmatics description: and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. Who acts: LORD, ground, 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 (LORD, ground, 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:335 # text = and the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 yield yield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 perish perish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 39 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 off off ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kindle** | infinitive · passive | | the anger of the LORD | | | | against you | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | LORD | | | | | shut *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **yield** | shall | the ground | rain's fruit | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme | | 4 | **perish** | present | ye | | | the good land | | quickly *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from land=Causer | | 5 | **give** | present | the LORD | the good land | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme | | 6 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=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} וְחָרָ֨ה אַף־יְהוָ֜ה בָּכֶ֗ם וְעָצַ֤ר אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה מָטָ֔ר וְהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן אֶת־יְבוּלָ֑הּ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם מְהֵרָ֗ה מֵעַל֙ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 11:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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