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title: Deuteronomy 28:12 (JPS 1917) — The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give th… · tree and pragmatics
description: The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow. Who acts: LORD, thou, hand. Deuteronomy 28:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pr
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# Deuteronomy 28:12 · JPS 1917

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The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.

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**Who acts:** LORD, thou, hand · **What happens:** open, give, bless, lend, not borrow, treasure · **To what, where:** good treasure, rain, work, land

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This is Deuteronomy 28:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, hand), 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:749
# text = The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
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	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	obl	_	_
7	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
26	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	28	det:predet	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nsubj	_	_
35	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
37	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nsubj	_	_
43	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | future | the LORD | LORD's good treasure |  |  |  | unto thee | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the rain of thy land |  |  | season |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rain=Theme |
| 3 | **bless** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | all work of thy hand |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme |
| 4 | **lend** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | unto many nations | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **borrow** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **treasure** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **rain** |  |  | thy land |  |  |  |  | nom rain «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **work** |  | thy hand |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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}

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יִפְתַּ֣ח יְהוָ֣ה ׀ לְ֠ךָ אֶת־אוֹצָר֨וֹ הַטּ֜וֹב אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם לָתֵ֤ת מְטַֽר־אַרְצְךָ֙ בְּעִתּ֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֕ךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וְאַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א תִלְוֶֽה׃

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