--- title: Deuteronomy 19:8 (JPS 1917) — And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn unto th… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which He promised to give unto thy fathers — 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:528 # text = And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which He promised to give unto thy fathers — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 7 enlarge enlarge VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 iobj _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 — - PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enlarge** | present | the LORD | thy border | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent border=Patient | | 2 | **swear** | present · perfect | LORD | | | | | unto thy fathers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | all land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient land=Theme | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | LORD | all land | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto thy fathers | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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} וְאִם־יַרְחִ֞יב יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־גְּבֻ֣לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר נִשְׁבַּ֖ע לַאֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ וְנָ֤תַן לְךָ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר לָתֵ֥ת לַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 19:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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