--- title: Deuteronomy 13:19 (JPS 1917) — when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep al… · tree and pragmatics description: when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. Who acts: thou, I, LORD. 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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 (thou, I, 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:401 # text = when thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all His commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. 1 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hearken** | shall | thou | | | | | to the voice of the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | LORD's commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 3 | **command** | present | I | LORD's commandments | | | day | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | the eyes of the LORD | | right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **command** | | LORD | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} כִּ֣י תִשְׁמַ֗ע בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹר֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ הַיָּשָׁ֔ר בְּעֵינֵ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 13:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:401` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 13:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.400/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 14:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.402/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.19/)