--- title: Leviticus 26:16 (JPS 1917) — I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even c… · tree and pragmatics description: I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. Who acts: I, consumption, eyes, ye. 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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, consumption, eyes, ye), 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:LEV:804 # text = I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 appoint appoint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 consumption consumption NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 languish languish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sow sow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | I | this | | | | unto you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **appoint** | future | I | terror | | | | over you | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent terror=Theme consumption=Attribute | | 3 | **make** | shall | consumption and fever | the eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fail** | to-infinitive | the eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **languish** | to-infinitive | consumption and fever *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sow** | shall | ye | your seed | | vain | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent seed=Theme in vain=Destination | | 7 | **eat** | shall | your enemies | soul | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} אַף־אֲנִ֞י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֗ם וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם בֶּֽהָלָה֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּ֔חַת מְכַלּ֥וֹת עֵינַ֖יִם וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ [Leviticus 26:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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