--- title: Deuteronomy 31:12 (JPS 1917) — Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; Who acts: you, stranger, gates. 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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 (you, stranger, gates), 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:866 # text = Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; 1 Assemble assemble VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 within within ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 observe observe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assemble** | imperative | you *not said here* | the people and the men and the women and the little ones and thy stranger | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | thy stranger | | | | | within thy gates | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | may | gates *= gate* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **learn** | may | gates *= gate* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fear** | infinitive | gates *= gate* *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 6 | **observe** | infinitive | gates *= gate* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | gates *= gate* *not said here* | all words of this law | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 8 | **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} הַקְהֵ֣ל אֶת־הָעָ֗ם הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤ים וְהַנָּשִׁים֙ וְהַטַּ֔ף וְגֵרְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֨עַן יִשְׁמְע֜וּ וּלְמַ֣עַן יִלְמְד֗וּ וְיָֽרְאוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַתּוֹרָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ [Deuteronomy 31:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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