--- title: Deuteronomy 13:3 (JPS 1917) — and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee… · tree and pragmatics description: and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee — saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them'; Who acts: sign, dreamer, us, thou. 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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 (sign, dreamer, us, thou), 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:384 # text = and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee — saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them'; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obl _ _ 16 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 29 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | the sign or the wonder | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the sign or the wonder *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | dreamer | | | | | unto thee; whereof *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the sign or the wonder *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | after other gods | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | thou | other gods | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **serve** | infinitive | us *not said here* | sign | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | 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} וּבָ֤א הָאוֹת֙ וְהַמּוֹפֵ֔ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵֽלְכָ֞ה אַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יְדַעְתָּ֖ם וְנָֽעָבְדֵֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 13:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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