--- title: Deuteronomy 18:9 (JPS 1917) — When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 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:507 # text = When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 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 VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 5 into into 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 , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 abominations abomination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 19 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 | **come** | present · passive | thou | | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 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 | **not** **learn** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | after the abominations of that nations | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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} כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ בָּ֣א אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ לֹֽא־תִלְמַ֣ד לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כְּתוֹעֲבֹ֖ת הַגּוֹיִ֥ם הָהֵֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 18:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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