--- title: Deuteronomy 28:32 (JPS 1917) — Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and t… · tree and pragmatics description: Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand. Who acts: eyes, nought. 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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 (eyes, nought), 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:769 # text = Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand. 1 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Ind 32 expl _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 33 nought nought NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | shall · passive | | Thy sons and thy daughters | | | | unto another people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **look** | shall | thine eyes | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **fail** | infinitive | thine eyes *not said here* | | | | day | with longing for eyes | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** | shall | nought in the power of thy hand | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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} בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָ נְתֻנִ֨ים לְעַ֤ם אַחֵר֙ וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ רֹא֔וֹת וְכָל֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְאֵ֥ין לְאֵ֖ל יָדֶֽךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 28:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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