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title: Deuteronomy 12:30 (JPS 1917) — take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after… · tree and pragmatics
description: take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying: 'How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.' Who acts: you, thou, nations, I. Deuteronomy 12:30 in JPS 1917 
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# Deuteronomy 12:30 · JPS 1917

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take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying: 'How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.'

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**Who acts:** you, thou, nations, I · **What happens:** take, not ensnare, follow, destroy, not inquire, say · **To what, where:** heed, thou, nations, thee, gods · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 12:30 · 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 (you, thou, nations, 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:380
# text = take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying: 'How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.'
1	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	heed	heed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	ensnared	ensnare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
28	after	after	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
33	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	_
35	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	36	advmod	_	_
36	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	ccomp	_	_
37	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	38	det	_	_
38	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	_
43	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
44	even	even	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	so	so	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
46	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
47	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	parataxis	_	_
49	likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	48	punct	_	_
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: warn
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=imp, act=warn

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | heed |  |  |  | to thyself | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent heed=Theme to thyself=be' clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **ensnare** | infinitive · passive |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive |  | nations *= nation* |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | nations *= nation* |  | thee |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **not** **inquire** *speech: other* | infinitive | thou |  |  |  | after nations's gods |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **use** | past | this nations |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 8 | **serve** | to-infinitive | this nations *not said here* | nations's gods |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute |
| 9 | **do** | future | I |  |  |  |  | likewise *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ פֶּן־תִּנָּקֵשׁ֙ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם אַחֲרֵ֖י הִשָּׁמְדָ֣ם מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וּפֶן־תִּדְרֹ֨שׁ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֨ר אֵיכָ֨ה יַעַבְד֜וּ הַגּוֹיִ֤ם הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶעֱשֶׂה־כֵּ֖ן גַּם־אָֽנִי׃

[Deuteronomy 12:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.12.30/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:380` of Mova's parse database.

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