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title: Deuteronomy 30:20 (JPS 1917) — to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unt… · tree and pragmatics
description: to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. Who acts: that, thou, LORD. Deuteronomy 30:20 in JP
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# Deuteronomy 30:20 · JPS 1917

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to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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**Who acts:** that, thou, LORD · **What happens:** love, hearken, cleave, be, dwell, swear · **To what, where:** LORD, life, land, Abraham

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This is Deuteronomy 30:20 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (that, thou, 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:854
# text = to love the LORD thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave unto Him; for that is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	cleave	cleave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
17	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
34	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nsubj	_	_
35	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
44	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	advcl	_	_
60	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	iobj	_	_
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: pos
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | to-infinitive |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hearken** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to God's voice | tree rules |
| 3 | **cleave** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | unto God | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | that | thy life and the length of thy days |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **dwell** | may | thou |  |  | the land |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 6 | **swear** | past | the LORD | the land | Abraham and Jacob |  |  | unto thy fathers; to Isaac | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 7 | **give** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* |  | life |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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}

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לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹל֖וֹ וּלְדָבְקָה־ב֑וֹ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֧ה לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃פ

[Deuteronomy 30:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.30.20/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:854` of Mova's parse database.

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