--- title: Deuteronomy 32:41 (JPS 1917) — If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I… · tree and pragmatics description: If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me. Who acts: I, hand. 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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 (I, hand), 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:926 # text = If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 whet whet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 4 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 glittering glitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 render render VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 adversaries adversary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 recompense recompense VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whet** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | My glittering sword | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | My hand | | | judgment | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 3 | **hold** | infinitive | My hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **render** | future | I | vengeance | Mine adversaries | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vengeance=Theme to adversary=Recipient | | 5 | **recompense** | future | I *not said here* | adversaries *= adversary* | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **hate** | present | | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | 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} אִם־שַׁנּוֹתִי֙ בְּרַ֣ק חַרְבִּ֔י וְתֹאחֵ֥ז בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט יָדִ֑י אָשִׁ֤יב נָקָם֙ לְצָרָ֔י וְלִמְשַׂנְאַ֖י אֲשַׁלֵּֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 32:41: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.41/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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