--- title: Deuteronomy 11:30 (JPS 1917) — Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of… · tree and pragmatics description: Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh? Who acts: blessing, Canaanites, sun. 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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 (blessing, Canaanites, sun), 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:348 # text = Are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the terebinths of Moreh? 1 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 4 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 going going NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Canaanites Canaanite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Arabah Arabah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 Gilgal Gilgal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 beside beside ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 terebinths terebinth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Moreh Moreh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=assert, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | blessing | | | the way of the going of the sun | | beyond the Jordan; in the land of the Canaanites; over Gilgal; beside the terebinths of Moreh | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | present | the Canaanites | | | the Arabah | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arabah=Location | | 3 | **go** | | the sun | | | | | | nom going «act 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} הֲלֹא־הֵ֜מָּה בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן אַֽחֲרֵי֙ דֶּ֚רֶךְ מְב֣וֹא הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּעֲרָבָ֑ה מ֚וּל הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל אֵ֖צֶל אֵלוֹנֵ֥י מֹרֶֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 11:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.11.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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