--- title: Deuteronomy 2:36 (JPS 1917) — From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and from th… · tree and pragmatics description: From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us: the LORD our God delivered up all before us. Who acts: Aroer, city, LORD. 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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 (Aroer, city, LORD), 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:82 # text = From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us: the LORD our God delivered up all before us. 1 From from ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Aroer Aroer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Arnon Arnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 34 too too ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 all all PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 43 obj _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Aroer | | | the edge | | of the valley of Arnon | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the city | | | the valley | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **be** | past | a city | | | Aroer; there | | from the city; unto Gilead | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **deliver up** | past | the LORD | all | | | before us | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=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} מֵֽעֲרֹעֵ֡ר אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל־שְׂפַת־נַ֨חַל אַרְנֹ֜ן וְהָעִ֨יר אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּנַּ֙חַל֙ וְעַד־הַגִּלְעָ֔ד לֹ֤א הָֽיְתָה֙ קִרְיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂגְבָ֖ה מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֶת־הַכֹּ֕ל נָתַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְפָנֵֽינוּ׃ [Deuteronomy 2:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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