--- title: Deuteronomy 15:6 (JPS 1917) — For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou… · tree and pragmatics description: For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. Who acts: God, thou, nations. 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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 (God, thou, nations), 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:437 # text = For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 det _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 25 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bless** | future | thy God | thee | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | God | thee | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **lend** | shall | thou | | | | | unto many nations | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **borrow** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rule** | shall | thou | | | many nations | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **rule** | shall | nations *= nation* | | | thee | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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} כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בֵּֽרַכְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְהַֽעֲבַטְתָּ֞ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֗ים וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֔ט וּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙ בְּגוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּבְךָ֖ לֹ֥א יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃ס [Deuteronomy 15:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:437` 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 15:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.436/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 15:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.438/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.6/)