--- title: Deuteronomy 1:41 (JPS 1917) — Then ye answered and said unto me: 'We have sinned against the LORD,… · tree and pragmatics description: Then ye answered and said unto me: 'We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.' And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and deemed it a light thing to go up into the hill-country. Who acts: ye, We, LORD. 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And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and deemed it a light thing to go up into the hill-country. **Who acts:** ye, We, LORD · **What happens:** answer, say, sin, go up, fight, accord · **To what, where:** us, weapons, war, hill country · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Deuteronomy 1:41 · 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 (ye, We, LORD), 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:40 # text = Then ye answered and said unto me: 'We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us.' And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and deemed it a light thing to go up into the hill-country. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 10 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 up up ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 19 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 32 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 girded gird VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 deemed deem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 xcomp _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 acl _ _ 55 up up ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 58 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ _ 60 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | ye | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ye *not said here* | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sin** | present · perfect | We | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | | 4 | **go up** | future | we | | | | | accord all | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **fight** | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **command** | past | the LORD | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **gird** | past | ye | LORD's weapons of war | | | | on every man | tree rules | | 9 | **deem** | past | ye *not said here* | war | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 10 | **go up** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | the hill country | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=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} וַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ ׀ וַתֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלַ֗י חָטָאנוּ֮ לַֽיהוָה֒ אֲנַ֤חְנוּ נַעֲלֶה֙ וְנִלְחַ֔מְנוּ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖נוּ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַֽתַּחְגְּר֗וּ אִ֚ישׁ אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י מִלְחַמְתּ֔וֹ וַתָּהִ֖ינוּ לַעֲלֹ֥ת הָהָֽרָה׃ [Deuteronomy 1:41: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.41/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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