--- title: Deuteronomy 27:9 (JPS 1917) — And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying:… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God. Who acts: Moses, 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 (Moses, 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:708 # text = And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke unto all Israel, saying: 'Keep silence, and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people unto the LORD thy God. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 8 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 O o INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ _ 23 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 vocative _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 xcomp _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Moses and the priests | | | | | unto all Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Moses and the priests *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | | silence | | | | Israel *vocative* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silence=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **become** | present · passive | thou | a people unto the LORD | | | day | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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} וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶ֥ל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הַסְכֵּ֤ת ׀ וּשְׁמַע֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ לְעָ֔ם לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 27:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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