--- title: Deuteronomy 23:15 (JPS 1917) — For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver th… · tree and pragmatics description: For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that He see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee. Who acts: God, camp. 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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 (God, camp), 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:628 # text = For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that He see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 1 For for ADP IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 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 6 nsubj _ _ 6 walketh walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 32 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 see see VERB VB Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 38 unseemly unseemly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 turn turn VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | thy God the LORD | | | the midst of thy camp | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Trajectory | | 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | thy God the LORD *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 3 | **give up** | to-infinitive | thy God the LORD *not said here* | thine enemies | | | before thee | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Source | | 4 | **is** | shall | thy camp | | | | | holy, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | God | no unseemly thing | | thee | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **turn away** | infinitive | God *not said here* | | | thee | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from thou=Source | 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} כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֗ךָ לְהַצִּֽילְךָ֙ וְלָתֵ֤ת אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְהָיָ֥ה מַחֲנֶ֖יךָ קָד֑וֹשׁ וְלֹֽא־יִרְאֶ֤ה בְךָ֙ עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר וְשָׁ֖ב מֵאַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 23:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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