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title: Deuteronomy 1:8 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.' Who acts: I, LORD. Deuteronomy 1:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Deuteronomy 1:8 · JPS 1917

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Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'

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**Who acts:** I, LORD · **What happens:** set, go in, possess, swear, give · **To what, where:** land

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This is Deuteronomy 1:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (I, 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:7
# text = Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.'
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	possess	possess	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
21	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
37	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
43	after	after	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
46	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | present · perfect | I | the land |  |  | before you |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent land=Theme before you=Destination |
| 2 | **go in** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **possess** | infinitive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
| 4 | **swear** | past | the LORD | the land |  |  |  | unto your fathers to Abraham to Isaac and Jacob | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 5 | **give** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after Isaac | unto Isaac | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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רְאֵ֛ה נָתַ֥תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֚אוּ וּרְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבַּ֣ע יְ֠הוָה לַאֲבֹ֨תֵיכֶ֜ם לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם לְיִצְחָ֤ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ לָתֵ֣ת לָהֶ֔ם וּלְזַרְעָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃

[Deuteronomy 1:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.8/)

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