--- title: Deuteronomy 28:7 (JPS 1917) — The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be sm… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. Who acts: LORD, enemies. 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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, enemies), 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:744 # text = The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 21 out out ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 32 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **cause** | future | the LORD | thine enemies | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition enemy=Patient | | 2 | **rise up** | present | thine enemies | | | thee | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against thou=Location | | 3 | **smite** | to-infinitive · passive | the LORD *not said here* | thine enemies *not said here* | | | before thee | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **come out** | shall | enemies *= enemy* | one way | | | | against thee; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **flee** | shall | enemies *= enemy* *not said here* | seven ways | | | before thee | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ הַקָּמִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ נִגָּפִ֖ים לְפָנֶ֑יךָ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ יֵצְא֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וּבְשִׁבְעָ֥ה דְרָכִ֖ים יָנ֥וּסוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 28:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:744` 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 28:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.743/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 28:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.745/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.7/)