--- title: Deuteronomy 29:28 (JPS 1917) — The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that… · tree and pragmatics description: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. Who acts: secret things, things, we. 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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 (secret things, things, we), 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:834 # text = The secret things belong unto the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 belong belong VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 24 for for ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **belong** | present | the secret things | | | | | unto the LORD | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **reveal** | present · passive | | the things | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **belong** | present | the things | | | | | unto us; for *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | may | we | all words of this law | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 5 | **word** | | | this law | | | | | nom word «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} הַ֨נִּסְתָּרֹ֔ת לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְהַנִּגְלֹ֞ת לָ֤ׄנׄוּׄוּׄלְׄבָׄנֵׄ֙יׄנׄוּׄ֙עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ס [Deuteronomy 29:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.29.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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