--- title: Deuteronomy 32:38 (JPS 1917) — Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their… · tree and pragmatics description: Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering? let him rise up and help you, let him be your protection. Who acts: God, fat. 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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 (God, fat), 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:923 # text = Who did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offering? let him rise up and help you, let him be your protection. 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 23 up up ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 ccomp _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · do-support | | the fat of fat's sacrifices | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fat=Patient | | 2 | **drink** | past | | the wine of fat's drink offering | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | God | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rise up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **help** | infinitive | | | you | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | infinitive | God | your protection | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sacrifice** | | fat | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **offer** | | fat | | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} אֲשֶׁ֨ר חֵ֤לֶב זְבָחֵ֙ימוֹ֙ יֹאכֵ֔לוּ יִשְׁתּ֖וּ יֵ֣ין נְסִיכָ֑ם יָק֙וּמוּ֙ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔ם יְהִ֥י עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם סִתְרָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 32:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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