Deuteronomy 8:15 · JPS 1917
who led thee through the great and dreadful wilderness, wherein were serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Who acts: serpents, water · What happens: lead, be, bring · To what, where: thee, great wilderness, water, rock
This is Deuteronomy 8:15 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (serpents, water), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 2 led | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 wilderness | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wilderness | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wilderness | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 dreadful | cc |
| 8 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 great | conj |
| 9 | wilderness | wilderness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 were | punct |
| 11 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 were | advmod |
| 12 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wilderness | acl:relcl |
| 13 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 were | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 serpents | punct |
| 15 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 serpents | amod |
| 16 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 serpents | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 scorpions | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 scorpions | cc |
| 19 | scorpions | scorpion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 serpents | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 ground | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 ground | cc |
| 22 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 ground | amod |
| 23 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wilderness | conj |
| 24 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 25 was | advmod |
| 25 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 ground | acl:relcl |
| 26 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 27 water | det |
| 27 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 was | nsubj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 brought | punct |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 brought | nsubj |
| 30 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 led | conj |
| 31 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 brought | iobj |
| 32 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 30 brought | advmod |
| 33 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 brought | obj |
| 34 | out | out | ADP | _ | 37 rock | case |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 out | fixed |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 rock | det |
| 37 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 brought | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 flint | case |
| 39 | flint | flint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 rock | nmod |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 led | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | thee | the great wilderness and thirsty ground | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme through wilderness=Destination | ||||
| 2 | be | past | serpents and fiery serpents and scorpions | wherein property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | be | past | no water | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | bring | past | water | thee | the rock of flint | forth property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent thou=Destination water=Theme |
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
הַמּוֹלִ֨יכֲךָ֜ בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר ׀ הַגָּדֹ֣ל וְהַנּוֹרָ֗א נָחָ֤שׁ ׀ שָׂרָף֙ וְעַקְרָ֔ב וְצִמָּא֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־מָ֑יִם הַמּוֹצִ֤יא לְךָ֙ מַ֔יִם מִצּ֖וּר הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃
Deuteronomy 8:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:DEU:261 of Mova's parse database.
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