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title: Deuteronomy 13:4 (JPS 1917) — thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that… · tree and pragmatics
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# Deuteronomy 13:4 · JPS 1917

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thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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**Who acts:** thou, LORD, ye · **What happens:** not hearken, put, know, love, word · **To what, where:** you, LORD, prophet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 13:4 · 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 (thou, LORD, ye), 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:385
# text = thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
1	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	dreamer	dreamer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
19	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
24	putteth	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	case	_	_
27	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
31	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	nsubj	_	_
33	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	ccomp	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	appos	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	42	det:predet	_	_
41	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	47	det:predet	_	_
46	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: warn
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed act=warn, form=imp, indirect=1

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hearken** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | unto the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | present | the LORD |  | you |  |  | to proof | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent you=Goal |
| 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **love** | present · do-support | ye | the LORD |  |  |  | with your heart and your soul | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus |
| 5 | **word** |  |  | that prophet |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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לֹ֣א תִשְׁמַ֗ע אֶל־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַנָּבִ֣יא הַה֔וּא א֛וֹ אֶל־חוֹלֵ֥ם הַחֲל֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כִּ֣י מְנַסֶּ֞ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ אֶתְכֶ֔ם לָדַ֗עַת הֲיִשְׁכֶ֤ם אֹֽהֲבִים֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶ֖ם וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁכֶֽם׃

[Deuteronomy 13:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.4/)

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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:385` of Mova's parse database.

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