--- title: Deuteronomy 32:8 (JPS 1917) — When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He se… · tree and pragmatics description: When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. Who acts: Most High, High, nations. 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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 (Most High, High, nations), 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:893 # text = When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the borders of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Most most PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 High High PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 separated separate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Most High | nations's inheritance | the nations | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme to nation=Recipient | | 2 | **separate** | past | High | the children of men | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **set** | past | High | the borders of the peoples | | | | accord the number of the children of Israel | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient border=Result | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **inherit** | | nations *= nation* | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: 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} בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Deuteronomy 32:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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