--- title: Deuteronomy 11:28 (JPS 1917) — and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the… · tree and pragmatics description: and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 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:346 # text = and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 21 aside aside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 35 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hearken** | shall | ye | | | | | unto the commandments of the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | the way | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme out way=Trajectory | | 3 | **command** | present | I | the way | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | after other gods | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | ye | other gods | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 6 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication 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} וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה אִם־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם לָלֶ֗כֶת אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ס [Deuteronomy 11:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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