--- title: Deuteronomy 2:9 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto me: 'Be not at enmity with Moab, neither cont… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto me: 'Be not at enmity with Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. — Who acts: 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 (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:55 # text = And the LORD said unto me: 'Be not at enmity with Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 enmity enmity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 40 Ar Ar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Lot Lot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 50 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive | | | | enmity | | with Moab | tree rules | | 3 | **contend** | infinitive | | | | battle | | with children *= child* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with they=Co-Agent | | 4 | **not** **give** | future | I | thee | | | | of Moab's land; for a possession | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Theme for possession=Asset | | 5 | **give** | present · perfect | I | Ar | | | | unto the children of Lot; for a possession | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent ar=Theme for possession=Asset | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י אֶל־תָּ֙צַר֙אֶת־מוֹאָ֔ב וְאַל־תִּתְגָּ֥ר בָּ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה כִּ֠י לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֨ן לְךָ֤ מֵֽאַרְצוֹ֙ יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה כִּ֣י לִבְנֵי־ל֔וֹט נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת־עָ֖ר יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃ [Deuteronomy 2:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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