--- title: Deuteronomy 27:4 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall se… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. Who acts: ye, I, 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 (ye, I, 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:703 # text = And it shall be when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 Ebal Ebal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 plaster plaster VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 plaster plaster NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | | land | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | present · passive | | ye | | the Jordan | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme over jordan=Destination | | 3 | **set up** | shall | ye | this stones | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient stone=Result | | 4 | **command** | present | I | this stones | | mount | day | | tree rules | | 5 | **plaster** | shall | thou | 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} וְהָיָה֮ בְּעָבְרְכֶ֣ם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן֒ תָּקִ֜ימוּ אֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י מְצַוֶּ֥ה אֶתְכֶ֛ם הַיּ֖וֹם בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל וְשַׂדְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בַּשִּֽׂיד׃ [Deuteronomy 27:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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