--- title: Deuteronomy 18:5 (JPS 1917) — For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand… · tree and pragmatics description: For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. Who acts: 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 (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:503 # text = For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. 1 For for ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 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 3 appos _ _ 6 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present · perfect | the LORD | God | | thy tribes | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | the name of the LORD | | | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} כִּ֣י ב֗וֹ בָּחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מִכָּל־שְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ לַעֲמֹ֨ד לְשָׁרֵ֧ת בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָ֛ה ה֥וּא וּבָנָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ס [Deuteronomy 18:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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