--- title: Deuteronomy 27:2 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto t… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. Who acts: commandment, ye, 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 (commandment, ye, 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:701 # text = And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD _ 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 iobj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 iobj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 plaster plaster VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | commandment | | | | on the day | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | shall | ye | | | the Jordan | | unto the land | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over jordan=Location | | 3 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | | 4 | **set up** | shall | thou | great stones | thee | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme stone=Destination | | 5 | **plaster** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | stones *= stone* | | | | with plaster | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with plaster=Theme | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה בַּיּוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעַבְר֣וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ אֶל־הָאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ וַהֲקֵמֹתָ֤ לְךָ֙ אֲבָנִ֣ים גְּדֹל֔וֹת וְשַׂדְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֖ם בַּשִּֽׂיד׃ [Deuteronomy 27:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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