Deuteronomy 12:21 · JPS 1917
If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul.
Who acts: LORD, place, thou, I · What happens: choose, put, be, kill, give, command · To what, where: place, name, thee, flock, soul · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Deuteronomy 12:21 · 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 (LORD, place, thou, I), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 far | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 place | det |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 far | nsubj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 choose | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 LORD | det |
| 6 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 choose | nsubj |
| 7 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 God | nmod:poss |
| 8 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 LORD | appos |
| 9 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 choose | aux |
| 10 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 place | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 put | mark |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 choose | xcomp |
| 13 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 name | nmod:poss |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obj |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 put | advmod |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 far | cop |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 18 far | advmod |
| 18 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 25 kill | advcl |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 thee | case |
| 20 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 far | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 kill | punct |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 kill | advmod |
| 23 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 kill | nsubj |
| 24 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 25 kill | aux |
| 25 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 herd | case |
| 27 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 herd | nmod:poss |
| 28 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 kill | obl |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 flock | cc |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 flock | case |
| 31 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 32 flock | nmod:poss |
| 32 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 herd | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 given | punct |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 given | obj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 LORD | det |
| 36 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 given | nsubj |
| 37 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 given | aux |
| 38 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 32 flock | acl:relcl |
| 39 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 38 given | iobj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 commanded | punct |
| 41 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 44 commanded | mark |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 commanded | nsubj |
| 43 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 commanded | aux |
| 44 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 38 given | advcl |
| 45 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 commanded | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 eat | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 eat | cc |
| 48 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 50 eat | nsubj |
| 49 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 50 eat | aux |
| 50 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 kill | conj |
| 51 | within | within | ADP | _ | 53 gates | case |
| 52 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 53 gates | nmod:poss |
| 53 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 50 eat | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 desire | punct |
| 55 | after | after | ADP | _ | 58 desire | case |
| 56 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 58 desire | det:predet |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 desire | det |
| 58 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 eat | obl |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 soul | case |
| 60 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 61 soul | nmod:poss |
| 61 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 desire | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 kill | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | shall | the LORD | the place | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put | to-infinitive | the LORD not said here | LORD's name | there | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal | |||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the place | thee | far property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | kill | shall | thou | then | of thy herd and thy flock | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent of herd=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | give | present · perfect | the LORD | thy flock | thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | |||
| 6 | command | present · perfect | I | thee | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | eat | shall | thou | after all desire of thy soul | within thy gates | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | name | LORD | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | desire | thy soul | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=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
כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּךָ֜ הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ וְזָבַחְתָּ֞ מִבְּקָרְךָ֣ וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃
Deuteronomy 12:21: 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:371 of Mova's parse database.
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