--- title: Deuteronomy 17:14 (JPS 1917) — When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein; and shalt say: 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me'; Who acts: thou, LORD, I. 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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, I), 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:492 # text = When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein; and shalt say: 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me'; 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 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 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 iobj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 therein therein ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 like like ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 round round ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | thou | | | | | unto the land | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | shall | thou *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | shall | thou *not said here* | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **set** | future | I | a king | | | | over me; like all nations round me | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Theme over i=Destination | 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־תָבֹ֣א אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה בָּ֑הּ וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ אָשִׂ֤ימָה עָלַי֙ מֶ֔לֶךְ כְּכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סְבִיבֹתָֽי׃ [Deuteronomy 17:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:492` 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 17:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.491/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 17:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.493/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 17:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.14/)