--- title: Deuteronomy 30:13 (JPS 1917) — Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' Who acts: soul, thou, us, 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 (soul, thou, us, 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:847 # text = Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | soul | | | | | beyond the sea | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | should | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | shall | | | | the sea | | for us | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent over sea=Location for we=Theme | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | | soul | | | | unto us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **make** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | to-infinitive | us *not said here* | soul | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **do** | may | we | soul | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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} וְלֹֽא־מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיָּ֖ם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲבָר־לָ֜נוּ אֶל־עֵ֤בֶר הַיָּם֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃ [Deuteronomy 30:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.30.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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