--- title: Leviticus 26:25 (JPS 1917) — And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. Who acts: I, sword. 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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, sword), 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:813 # text = And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 execute execute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 vengeance vengeance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 24 together together ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 within within ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 pestilence pestilence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 among among ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | future | I | a sword | | | | upon you | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 2 | **execute** | shall | a sword | the vengeance of the covenant | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vengeance=Patient | | 3 | **gather** | shall · passive | | ye | | | | within your cities; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **send** | future | I | the pestilence | | | | among you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pestilence=Theme | | 5 | **deliver** | shall · passive | | ye | | the hand of the enemy | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֙מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֙בֶר֙ בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖ם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃ [Leviticus 26:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:813` 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: [Leviticus 26:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.812/) - next →: [Leviticus 26:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.814/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 26:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.25/)