--- title: Exodus 20:5 (JPS 1917) — thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD th… · tree and pragmatics description: thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; Who acts: thou, I. 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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 (thou, 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:EXO:558 # text = thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; 1 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 10 cc _ _ 10 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 35 conj _ _ 38 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **bow down** | shall | thou | | | | | unto earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **serve** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | earth | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | a jealous God | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **visit** | gerund | I *not said here* | the iniquity of the fathers | | | unto the third generation of earth | upon the children | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Co-Agent | | 5 | **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} לֹֽא־תִשְׁתַּחְוֶ֥֣הלָהֶ֖ם֮וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒כִּ֣י אָֽנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֺ֨ן אָבֹ֧ת עַל־בָּנִ֛ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י [Exodus 20:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:558` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Exodus 20:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.557/) - next →: [Exodus 20:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.559/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.20.5/)