--- title: Deuteronomy 14:24 (JPS 1917) — And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to ca… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee; Who acts: way, thou, place, 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 (way, thou, place, 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:426 # text = And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 so so SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 14 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 too too ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 49 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | the way | | | | | for thee; long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | thou | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | way | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the place | | | thee | | far *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **set** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's name | | there | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient name=Result | | 7 | **bless** | shall | the LORD | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «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} וְכִֽי־יִרְבֶּ֨ה מִמְּךָ֜ הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ כִּ֣י לֹ֣א תוּכַ֘לשְׂאֵתוֹ֒ כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֤ק מִמְּךָ֙ הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לָשׂ֥וּם שְׁמ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם כִּ֥י יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 14:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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