--- title: Deuteronomy 32:6 (JPS 1917) — Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He… · tree and pragmatics description: Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? Who acts: ye, generation, father. 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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 (ye, generation, father), 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:891 # text = Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee? 1 Do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 requite requite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 O o INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 9 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 vocative _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 unwise unwise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 gotten get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=ask, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **requite** | present · do-support | ye | the LORD | | | | foolish people *vocative*; thus *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | generation | thy father | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | present · perfect | thy father | thee | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **make** | present · perfect | generation | thee | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | | 5 | **establish** | participle | generation *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=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} הֲ־לַיְהוָה֙ תִּגְמְלוּ־זֹ֔את עַ֥ם נָבָ֖ל וְלֹ֣א חָכָ֑ם הֲלוֹא־הוּא֙ אָבִ֣יךָ קָּנֶ֔ךָ ה֥וּא עָֽשְׂךָ֖ וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 32:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:891` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 32:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.890/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 32:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.892/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 32:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.6/)