Deuteronomy 15:18 · JPS 1917
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
Who acts: It, thou, LORD, hire · What happens: not seem, let, go, serve, bless, do · To what, where: LORD, thee, double, all
This is Deuteronomy 15:18 · 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 (It, thou, LORD, hire), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 seem | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 seem | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 seem | advmod |
| 4 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 seem | xcomp |
| 6 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 thee | case |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 seem | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lettest | punct |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 lettest | mark |
| 10 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 lettest | nsubj |
| 11 | lettest | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 seem | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 lettest | obj |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 lettest | xcomp |
| 14 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lettest | xcomp |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 thee | case |
| 16 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 free | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 served | punct |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 served | mark |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 double | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 double | det |
| 21 | double | double | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 served | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 hire | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 hire | det |
| 24 | hire | hire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 double | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 hath | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 hath | det |
| 27 | hireling | hireling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 hire | nmod |
| 28 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 served | aux |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 served | nsubj |
| 30 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 seem | advcl |
| 31 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 served | obj |
| 32 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 33 years | nummod |
| 33 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 served | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 bless | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 bless | cc |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 LORD | det |
| 37 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 bless | nsubj |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 God | nmod:poss |
| 39 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 LORD | appos |
| 40 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 bless | aux |
| 41 | bless | bless | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 seem | conj |
| 42 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 bless | obj |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 all | case |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 41 bless | obl |
| 45 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 doest | obj |
| 46 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 47 doest | nsubj |
| 47 | doest | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 all | acl:relcl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 seem | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed hedge=0
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not seem | shall | It | unto thee; hard property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let | present | thou | LORD | free property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | go | infinitive | LORD not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | serve | present | LORD | thee | the double of the hire hireling | year | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to double=Recipient | ||
| 5 | bless | future | the LORD | thee | all | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | |||
| 6 | do | present | thou | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | |||||
| 7 | double | the hire hireling | nom double «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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
לֹא־יִקְשֶׁ֣ה בְעֵינֶ֗ךָ בְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֙ אֹת֤וֹ חָפְשִׁי֙ מֵֽעִמָּ֔ךְ כִּ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ שְׂכַ֣ר שָׂכִ֔יר עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃פ
Deuteronomy 15:18: 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:450 of Mova's parse database.
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