--- title: Deuteronomy 31:20 (JPS 1917) — For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto… · tree and pragmatics description: For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods, and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant; Who acts: I, land, children, My. 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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, land, children, My), 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:874 # text = For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten their fill, and waxen fat; and turned unto other gods, and served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant; 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 flowing flow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux _ _ 28 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fill fill NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 waxen wax VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 34 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 48 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 52 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | shall · perfect | I | children *= child* | | the land | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into land=Destination | | 2 | **swear** | past | I | the land | | | | unto children's fathers | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **flow** | gerund | the land *not said here* | | | | | with milk and honey | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with milk=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | shall · perfect | children *= child* | children's fill | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fill=Patient | | 5 | **wax** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | unto other gods | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 8 | **despise** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 9 | **break** | participle | children *= child* *not said here* | My covenant | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer covenant=Patient | | 10 | **covenant** | | My | | | | | | nom covenant «communication 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} כִּֽי־אֲבִיאֶ֜נּוּ אֶֽל־הָאֲדָמָ֣ה ׀ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָ֗יו זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ וְאָכַ֥ל וְשָׂבַ֖ע וְדָשֵׁ֑ן וּפָנָ֞ה אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֤ים אֲחֵרִים֙ וַעֲבָד֔וּם וְנִ֣אֲצ֔וּנִי וְהֵפֵ֖ר אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי׃ [Deuteronomy 31:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.31.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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