--- title: Deuteronomy 32:21 (JPS 1917) — They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me… · tree and pragmatics description: They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation. Who acts: daughters, I. 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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 (daughters, I), 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:906 # text = They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 roused rouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 provoked provoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 16 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 vanities vanity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 rouse rouse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 provoke provoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 vile vile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rouse** | present · perfect | daughters *= daughter* | Me | | | | to jealousy; with a god | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **provoke** | present · perfect | daughters *= daughter* | Me | | | | with daughters's vanities | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 3 | **rouse** | future | I | daughters *= daughter* | | | | to jealousy; with a people | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **provoke** | future | I | daughters *= daughter* | | | | with a vile nation | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | 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} הֵ֚ם קִנְא֣וּנִי בְלֹא־אֵ֔ל כִּעֲס֖וּנִי בְּהַבְלֵיהֶ֑ם וַאֲנִי֙ אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם בְּלֹא־עָ֔ם בְּג֥וֹי נָבָ֖ל אַכְעִיסֵֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 32:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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