--- title: Deuteronomy 18:16 (JPS 1917) — according to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb… · tree and pragmatics description: according to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.' Who acts: thou, me, 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, me, 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:514 # text = according to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.' 1 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 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 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Horeb Horeb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 39 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 any any ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **desire** | past · do-support | thou | | | Horeb | day | of the LORD | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | accord all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **hear** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the voice of the LORD | | | again | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | this great fire | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fire=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **die** | present | I | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} כְּכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ מֵעִ֨ם יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּחֹרֵ֔ב בְּי֥וֹם הַקָּהָ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֣א אֹסֵ֗ף לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ אֶת־קוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י וְאֶת־הָאֵ֨שׁ הַגְּדֹלָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את לֹֽא־אֶרְאֶ֥ה ע֖וֹד וְלֹ֥א אָמֽוּת׃ [Deuteronomy 18:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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