--- title: Deuteronomy 32:7 (JPS 1917) — Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; as… · tree and pragmatics description: Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will declare unto thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee. Who acts: you, generation, elders. 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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, generation, elders), 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:892 # text = Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father, and he will declare unto thee, thine elders, and they will tell thee. 1 Remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 old old NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 consider consider VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 iobj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | day | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **consider** | infinitive | | | | | year | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | thy father | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | future | generation | | | | | unto thee | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | thine elders | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | 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} זְכֹר֙ יְמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם בִּ֖ינוּ שְׁנ֣וֹת דּוֹר־וָד֑וֹר שְׁאַ֤ל אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ לָֽךְ׃ [Deuteronomy 32:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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