--- title: Deuteronomy 14:2 (JPS 1917) — For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath… · tree and pragmatics description: For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be His own treasure out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. Who acts: thou, LORD, peoples. 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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, LORD, peoples), 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:403 # text = For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be His own treasure out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 3 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 21 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 24 out out ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | thou | a holy people | | | | unto the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | present · perfect | the LORD | thee | | | | out all peoples | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's own treasure | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | all peoples | | | | | upon the face; of the earth | tree rules | 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 עַ֤ם קָדוֹשׁ֙ אַתָּ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וּבְךָ֞ בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לִֽהְי֥וֹת לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה מִכֹּל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ס [Deuteronomy 14:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:403` 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 14:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.402/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 14:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.404/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 14:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.2/)