--- title: Exodus 23:33 (JPS 1917) — They shall not dwell in thy land — lest they make thee sin against M… · tree and pragmatics description: They shall not dwell in thy land — lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods — for they will be a snare unto thee. Who acts: inhabitants, thee, thou. 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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 (inhabitants, thee, thou), 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:682 # text = They shall not dwell in thy land — lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods — for they will be a snare unto thee. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 sin sin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 — - PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dwell** | shall | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | thy land | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 2 | **make** | present | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | thee | | | | against Me | tree rules | | 3 | **sin** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **serve** | future | thou | inhabitants's gods | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | | 5 | **is a** | future | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | a snare | | | | unto thee | 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} לֹ֤א יֵשְׁבוּ֙ בְּאַרְצְךָ֔ פֶּן־יַחֲטִ֥יאוּ אֹתְךָ֖ לִ֑י כִּ֤י תַעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃פ [Exodus 23:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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