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title: Deuteronomy 3:12 (JPS 1917) — And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which… · tree and pragmatics
description: And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites; Who acts: we, Aroer, I. Deuteronomy 3:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics 
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# Deuteronomy 3:12 · JPS 1917

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And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites;

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**Who acts:** we, Aroer, I · **What happens:** take, be, give · **To what, where:** land, possession, Aroer

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This is Deuteronomy 3:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (we, Aroer, 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:95
# text = And this land we took in possession at that time; from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Aroer	Aroer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	acl:relcl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Arnon	Arnon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
24	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	28	det:predet	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	_
28	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Gilead	Gilead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	_
35	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
37	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
39	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	Reubenites	Reubenites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	to	to	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	Gadites	Gadites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	_
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | we | this land |  | possession | time |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent land=Value in possession=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | Aroer and half hill country of Gilead and the cities |  |  |  |  | by the valley; of Arnon | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | past | I |  |  | Aroer and half hill country of Gilead and the cities |  | unto the Reubenites and the Gadites | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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וְאֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את יָרַ֖שְׁנוּ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑וא מֵעֲרֹעֵ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־עַל־נַ֣חַל אַרְנֹ֗ן וַחֲצִ֤י הַֽר־הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְעָרָ֔יו נָתַ֕תִּי לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִ֖יוְלַגָּדִֽי׃

[Deuteronomy 3:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:95` of Mova's parse database.

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