--- title: Deuteronomy 34:4 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto him: 'This is the land which I swore unto Abr… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto him: 'This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.' Who acts: LORD, This, I, thee. 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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 (LORD, This, I, thee), 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:972 # text = And the LORD said unto him: 'This is the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Abraham Abraham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Isaac Isaac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 52 over over ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 thither thither ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Zoar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | This | the land | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **swear** | past | I | the land | | | | unto Abraham and Isaac and Jacob | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** | future | I | land | | | | unto thy seed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **cause** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | thee *not said here* | land | | | | with thine eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **go over** | shall | thou | | | | | thither *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו זֹ֤את הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֠שְׁבַּעְתִּי לְאַבְרָהָ֨ם לְיִצְחָ֤ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְזַרְעֲךָ֖ אֶתְּנֶ֑נָּה הֶרְאִיתִ֣יךָ בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ וְשָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹֽר׃ [Deuteronomy 34:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.34.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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