--- title: Deuteronomy 28:9 (JPS 1917) — The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He h… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His ways. Who acts: 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 (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:746 # text = The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His 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 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | future | the LORD | thee | | | | for a holy people; unto LORD | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **swear** | present · perfect | LORD | | | | | unto thee | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall | thou | the commandments of the LORD | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | LORD's ways | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory | | 5 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=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} יְקִֽימְךָ֨יְהוָ֥ה לוֹ֙ לְעַ֣ם קָד֔וֹשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר נִֽשְׁבַּֽע־לָ֑ךְ כִּ֣י תִשְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־מִצְוֺת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ֖ בִּדְרָכָֽיו׃ [Deuteronomy 28:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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