Deuteronomy 17:1 · JPS 1917
Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, even any evil thing; for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Who acts: Thou, that · What happens: not sacrifice, be · To what, where: ox, blemish, abomination
This is Deuteronomy 17:1 · 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 (Thou, that), 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 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 sacrifice | nsubj |
| 2 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 4 sacrifice | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 sacrifice | advmod |
| 4 | sacrifice | sacrifice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 LORD | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 LORD | det |
| 7 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sacrifice | obl |
| 8 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 God | nmod:poss |
| 9 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 LORD | appos |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 ox | det |
| 11 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sacrifice | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sheep | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 sheep | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 sheep | det |
| 15 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ox | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 blemish | punct |
| 17 | wherein | wherein | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 blemish | advmod |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 blemish | cop |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 blemish | det |
| 20 | blemish | blemish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sheep | acl:relcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 thing | punct |
| 22 | even | even | ADV | _ | 25 thing | advmod |
| 23 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 thing | det |
| 24 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 thing | amod |
| 25 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ox | appos |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 abomination | punct |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 31 abomination | mark |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 abomination | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 abomination | cop |
| 30 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 abomination | det |
| 31 | abomination | abomination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sacrifice | advcl |
| 32 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 34 LORD | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 LORD | det |
| 34 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 abomination | nmod |
| 35 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 God | nmod:poss |
| 36 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 LORD | appos |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sacrifice | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- other
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed act=other, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sacrifice | shall | Thou | a ox or a sheep | unto the LORD | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent ox=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | a blemish | wherein property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | that | a abomination | unto the LORD | tree rules |
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־תִזְבַּח֩ לַיהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ שׁ֣וֹר וָשֶׂ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה בוֹ֙ מ֔וּם כֹּ֖ל דָּבָ֣ר רָ֑ע כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ הֽוּא׃ס
Deuteronomy 17:1: 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:478 of Mova's parse database.
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