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title: Deuteronomy 13:18 (JPS 1917) — And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that… · tree and pragmatics
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# Deuteronomy 13:18 · JPS 1917

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And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;

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**Who acts:** LORD · **What happens:** cleave, turn, show, have, multiply, swear · **To what, where:** nought, fierceness, mercy, thee, compassion

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This is Deuteronomy 13:18 · 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 (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:400
# text = And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cleave	cleave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	nought	nought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	devoted	devoted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fierceness	fierceness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	iobj	_	_
29	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
33	compassion	compassion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	obl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	multiply	multiply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
39	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	obj	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=promise, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cleave** | shall |  | nought of the devoted thing |  | there |  | to thy hand *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent nought=Patient to hand=Result |
| 2 | **turn** | may | the LORD |  |  | the fierceness of LORD's anger |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from fierceness=Trajectory |
| 3 | **show** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | mercy | thee |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient mercy=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | compassion |  |  |  | upon thee | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient |
| 5 | **multiply** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 6 | **swear** | present · perfect | LORD |  |  |  |  | unto thy fathers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **anger** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=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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וְלֹֽא־יִדְבַּ֧ק בְּיָדְךָ֛ מְא֖וּמָה מִן־הַחֵ֑רֶם לְמַעַן֩ יָשׁ֨וּב יְהוָ֜ה מֵחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ וְנָֽתַן־לְךָ֤ רַחֲמִים֙ וְרִֽחַמְךָ֣ וְהִרְבֶּ֔ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

[Deuteronomy 13:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.18/)

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