Deuteronomy 4:42 · JPS 1917
that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Who acts: manslayer · What happens: flee, slay, not hate, live · To what, where: neighbour, manslayer, time past
This is Deuteronomy 4:42 · 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 (manslayer), 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 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 flee | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 manslayer | det |
| 3 | manslayer | manslayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flee | nsubj |
| 4 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 flee | aux |
| 5 | flee | flee | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 5 flee | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 slayeth | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 slayeth | nsubj |
| 9 | slayeth | slay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 manslayer | acl:relcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 neighbour | nmod:poss |
| 11 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slayeth | obj |
| 12 | unawares | unawares | ADV | _ | 9 slayeth | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hated | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 hated | cc |
| 15 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 slayeth | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hated | obj |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 hated | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 past | case |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 past | amod |
| 20 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hated | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 live | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 live | cc |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 live | mark |
| 24 | fleeing | flee | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 live | advcl |
| 25 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 26 one | case |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 fleeing | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 cities | case |
| 28 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 29 cities | det |
| 29 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 one | nmod |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 live | nsubj |
| 31 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 live | aux |
| 32 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 flee | conj |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 flee | punct |
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 | flee | might | the manslayer | thither property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slay | present | the manslayer | manslayer's neighbour | unawares property | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Patient | |||
| 3 | not hate | past | the manslayer not said here | manslayer | time past | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | flee | gerund | manslayer not said here | unto one of this cities | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | live | might | manslayer | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
לָנֻ֨ס שָׁ֜מָּה רוֹצֵ֗חַ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְצַ֤ח אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַת וְה֛וּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥א ל֖וֹ מִתְּמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשׁ֑וֹם וְנָ֗ס אֶל־אַחַ֛ת מִן־הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖ל וָחָֽי׃
Deuteronomy 4:42: 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:154 of Mova's parse database.
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