--- title: Deuteronomy 16:20 (JPS 1917) — Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inher… · tree and pragmatics description: Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Who acts: thou, 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, 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:475 # text = Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 1 Justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 6 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 iobj _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | shall | thou | Justice and justice | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | may | thou | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **inherit** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | the land | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 4 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | 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} צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽחְיֶה֙ וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֣ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃ס [Deuteronomy 16:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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