--- title: Deuteronomy 26:16 (JPS 1917) — This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and o… · tree and pragmatics description: This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. Who acts: LORD, thou. 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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, thou), 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:696 # text = This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 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 commandeth command VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 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 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **command** | present | the LORD | thee | | | day | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | this statutes and ordinances | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statute=Eventuality | | 3 | **observe** | shall | thou | | | | | therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | statutes *= statute* | | | | with thy heart | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | 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} הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מְצַוְּךָ֧ לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אוֹתָ֔ם בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 26:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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