--- title: Deuteronomy 16:15 (JPS 1917) — Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the plac… · tree and pragmatics description: Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. Who acts: thou, LORD, hands. 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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, hands), 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:470 # text = Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose; because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 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 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 32 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 46 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 48 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | shall | thou | a feast | | the place | day | unto the LORD | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent feast=Theme in place=Location | | 2 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **bless** | shall | the LORD | thee | | thine increase and all work of thy hands | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **is** | shall | thou | | | | | altogether, joyful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | | thy hands | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים תָּחֹג֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י יְבָרֶכְךָ֞ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בְּכֹ֤ל תְּבוּאָֽתְךָ֙ וּבְכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֔יךָ וְהָיִ֖יתָ אַ֥ךְ שָׂמֵֽחַ׃ [Deuteronomy 16:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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