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title: Deuteronomy 31:29 (JPS 1917) — For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.' Who acts: I, ye, evi
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# Deuteronomy 31:29 · JPS 1917

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For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.'

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**Who acts:** I, ye, evil, my, hands · **What happens:** know, deal, turn, command, befall, do · **To what, where:** wise, way, you, end, that, sight · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 31:29 · 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 (I, ye, evil, 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:883
# text = For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.'
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
8	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	wise	wise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
13	deal	deal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
14	corruptly	corruptly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
18	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obj	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
30	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	befall	befall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
32	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
39	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	42	nsubj	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
43	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	obj	_	_
44	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
46	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	acl:relcl	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	55	mark	_	_
55	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
56	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	through	through	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nmod	_	_
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
64	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **deal** | future | ye |  |  | any wise | after my death | corruptly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **turn** | infinitive | ye *not said here* |  |  | the way |  | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from way=Trajectory |
| 4 | **command** | present · perfect | I | the way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **befall** | future | evil | you |  |  | in the end of days |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **do** | future | ye | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 7 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the sight of the LORD |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **provoke** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | LORD |  | the work of your hands |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 9 | **die** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **sight** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **work** |  | your hands |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אַחֲרֵ֤י מוֹתִי֙ כִּֽי־הַשְׁחֵ֣ת תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּ֖יתִי אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְקָרָ֨את אֶתְכֶ֤ם הָֽרָעָה֙ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֔ים כִּֽי־תַעֲשׂ֤וּ אֶת־הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְהַכְעִיס֖וֹ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיכֶֽם׃

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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:883` of Mova's parse database.

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