--- title: Deuteronomy 28:13 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou sha… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them; Who acts: LORD, thou, I. 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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, I), 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:750 # text = And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 17 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 above above ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | future | the LORD | the head and the tail | thee | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary head=Product | | 2 | **is** | shall | thou | | | | | above *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | shall | thou | | | | | beneath *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | shall | thou | | | | | unto the commandments of the LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **command** | present | I | the LORD | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **observe** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | head | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 8 | **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} וּנְתָֽנְךָ֨ יְהוָ֤ה לְרֹאשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א לְזָנָ֔ב וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ רַ֣ק לְמַ֔עְלָה וְלֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לְמָ֑טָּה כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֞ע אֶל־מִצְוֺ֣ת ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם לִשְׁמֹ֥ר וְלַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ [Deuteronomy 28:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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