--- title: Deuteronomy 32:11 (JPS 1917) — As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spre… · tree and pragmatics description: As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — Who acts: eagle. 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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 (eagle), 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:896 # text = As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stirreth stir VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hovereth hover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 spreadeth spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 taketh take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 beareth bear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 pinions pinion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir up** | present | a eagle | eagle's nest | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition nest=Patient | | 2 | **hover** | present | a eagle *not said here* | | | eagle's young | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over young=Location | | 3 | **spread** | present | | eagle's wings | | | | as a eagle; abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 4 | **take** | present | | wings *= wing* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **bear** | present | | wings *= wing* | | eagle's pinions | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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} כְּנֶ֙שֶׁר֙ יָעִ֣יר קִנּ֔וֹ עַל־גּוֹזָלָ֖יו יְרַחֵ֑ף יִפְרֹ֤שׂ כְּנָפָיו֙ יִקָּחֵ֔הוּ יִשָּׂאֵ֖הוּ עַל־אֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ [Deuteronomy 32:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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