--- title: Deuteronomy 30:16 (JPS 1917) — in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in… · tree and pragmatics description: in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. Who acts: I, thou, LORD, God. 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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 (I, thou, LORD, God), 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:850 # text = in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 1 in in ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 24 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 statutes statute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 multiply multiply VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 53 advmod _ _ 52 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nsubj _ _ 53 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 in in ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | present | I | thee | | | day | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **love** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | God's ways | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | God's commandments and God's statutes and God's ordinances | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 5 | **live** | shall | thou | | | | then | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **multiply** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bless** | shall | the LORD | thee | | the land | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 8 | **go in** | present | thou | | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **possess** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 10 | **command** | | God | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **ordain** | | God | | | | | | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֺתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו וְחָיִ֣יתָ וְרָבִ֔יתָ וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 30:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.30.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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