--- title: Deuteronomy 12:11 (JPS 1917) — then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God sh… · tree and pragmatics description: then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.361/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Deuteronomy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/12/) / [12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.12.11/) / JPS 1 # Deuteronomy 12:11 · JPS 1917 then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD. **Who acts:** land, LORD, name, place, I, ye · **What happens:** come, pass, choose, cause, dwell, bring · **To what, where:** place, name, all, you, choice vows, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Deuteronomy 12:11 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (land, LORD, name, place), 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:361 # text = then it shall come to pass that the place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 23 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 thither thither ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 29 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 28 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 38 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 appos _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 tithes tithe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 57 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 59 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obj _ _ 60 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nsubj _ _ 61 vow vow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 unto unto ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | land | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **cause** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's name | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | LORD's name *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring** | shall | the place | all | | | | thither *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 7 | **command** | present | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **vow** | present | ye | your choice vows | | | | unto the LORD | tree rules | | 10 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **offer** | | your | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **sacrifice** | | your | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **offer** | | | your hand | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 14 | **vow** | | your | | | | | | nom vow «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} וְהָיָ֣ה הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֥ם בּוֹ֙ לְשַׁכֵּ֤ן שְׁמוֹ֙ שָׁ֔ם שָׁ֣מָּה תָבִ֔יאוּ אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם עוֹלֹתֵיכֶ֣ם וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֗ם מַעְשְׂרֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ וּתְרֻמַ֣ת יֶדְכֶ֔ם וְכֹל֙ מִבְחַ֣ר נִדְרֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּדְּר֖וּ לַֽיהוָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 12:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.12.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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