--- title: Deuteronomy 31:17 (JPS 1917) — Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will… · tree and pragmatics description: Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 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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, many evils, fathers, evils), 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:871 # text = Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 against against ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 evils evil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 53 Are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 55 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 evils evil NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 57 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 58 upon upon ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 60 because because SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 61 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 65 among among ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 us we ADP IN _ 57 advcl _ _ 67 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kindle** | shall · passive | | My anger | | | then; day | against fathers *= father* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **forsake** | future | I | fathers *= father* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hide** | future | I | My face | | | | from fathers *= father* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent face=Patient from they=Beneficiary | | 4 | **devour** | shall · passive | | fathers *= father* | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **come** | shall | many evils and troubles | | | | | upon fathers *= father* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | fathers *= father* | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **come** | present · passive | this evils | | | | | upon us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon we=Location | | 8 | **anger** | | My | | | | | | nom anger «feeling 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} וְחָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֣י ב֣וֹ בַיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞ים וְהִסְתַּרְתִּ֨י פָנַ֤י מֵהֶם֙ וְהָיָ֣ה לֶֽאֱכֹ֔ל וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּ רָע֥וֹת רַבּ֖וֹת וְצָר֑וֹת וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הֲלֹ֗א עַ֣ל כִּֽי־אֵ֤ין אֱלֹהַי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י מְצָא֖וּנִי הָרָע֥וֹת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ [Deuteronomy 31:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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