--- title: Deuteronomy 28:52 (JPS 1917) — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and forti… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Who acts: LORD, high walls, 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, high walls, 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:789 # text = And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 besiege besiege VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 until until SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 13 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 16 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 trust trust VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 besiege besiege VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 47 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl:relcl _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 iobj _ _ 52 . . 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 | **besiege** | shall | LORD | thee | | thy gates | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fortify** | participle | thy high walls *not said here* | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come down** | present | thy high walls | | | thy land | | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout land=Location | | 4 | **trust** | past · do-support | thou | | | | | wherein *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **besiege** | shall | LORD | thee | | thy gates | throughout thy land | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | thy land | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=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} וְהֵצַ֨ר לְךָ֜ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֗יךָ עַ֣ד רֶ֤דֶת חֹמֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ הַגְּבֹה֣וֹת וְהַבְּצֻר֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֛ה בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּהֵ֖ן בְּכָל־אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וְהֵצַ֤ר לְךָ֙ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכָ֨ל־אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לָֽךְ׃ [Deuteronomy 28:52: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.52/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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