--- title: Deuteronomy 17:10 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee. Who acts: thou, Levites, 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, Levites, 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:488 # text = And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall declare unto thee from that place which the LORD shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tenor tenor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 case _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall | thou | | | | | accord the tenor of the sentence | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | shall | Levites *= levite* | the sentence | | that place | | unto thee | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute | | 4 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | that place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **observe** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **teach** *speech: other* | shall | Levites *= levite* | thee | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient thou=Topic | 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} וְעָשִׂ֗יתָ עַל־פִּ֤י הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַגִּ֣ידֽוּ לְךָ֔ מִן־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִבְחַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹרֽוּךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 17:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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