--- title: Deuteronomy 3:16 (JPS 1917) — And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even… · tree and pragmatics description: And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley for a border; even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; Who acts: I, Jabbok. 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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, Jabbok), 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:99 # text = And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley for a border; even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Reubenites reubenite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Gadites gadite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Arnon Arnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 33 Jabbok Jabbok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | I | | | Gilead | | unto the Reubenites and the Gadites; unto the valley of Arnon; unto the river | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | Jabbok | the border | | | | of the children of Ammon | tree rules | 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} וְלָרֻאוּבֵנִ֨יוְלַגָּדִ֜י נָתַ֤תִּי מִן־הַגִּלְעָד֙ וְעַד־נַ֣חַל אַרְנֹ֔ן תּ֥וֹךְ הַנַּ֖חַל וּגְבֻ֑ל וְעַד֙ יַבֹּ֣ק הַנַּ֔חַל גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ [Deuteronomy 3:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.3.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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