--- title: Deuteronomy 26:18 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; Who acts: LORD, thee, 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, thee, 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:698 # text = And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 avouched avouch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avouch** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | thee | LORD's own treasure | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect | LORD | thee | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | should | thou | LORD's commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 5 | **command** | | LORD | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַֽיהוָ֞ה הֶאֱמִֽירְךָ֣ הַיּ֗וֹם לִהְי֥וֹת לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם סְגֻלָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְלִשְׁמֹ֖ר כָּל־מִצְוֺתָֽיו׃ [Deuteronomy 26:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:698` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 26:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.697/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 26:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.699/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 26:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.26.18/)