--- title: Deuteronomy 31:11 (JPS 1917) — when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the pla… · tree and pragmatics description: when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Who acts: Israel, thou, sons. 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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 (Israel, thou, sons), 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:865 # text = when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which He shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 1 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · passive | all Israel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **appear** | to-infinitive | all Israel *not said here* | | | the place | before the LORD | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before lord=Location | | 3 | **choose** | shall | Israel | the place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **read** | shall | thou | this law | | sons's hearing | before all Israel | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Topic | | 5 | **hear** | | sons *= son* | | | | | | nom hearing «act intransitive»: 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} בְּב֣וֹא כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵרָאוֹת֙ אֶת־פְּנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בַּמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֑ר תִּקְרָ֞א אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּ֛את נֶ֥גֶד כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 31:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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