Deuteronomy 20:5 · JPS 1917
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Who acts: officers, that, man · What happens: speak, say, man, be, build, not dedicate · To what, where: there, new house, house, man, battle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Deuteronomy 20:5 · 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 (officers, that, man), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 speak | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 officers | det |
| 3 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 speak | aux |
| 5 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 people | det |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 speak | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 saying | punct |
| 10 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 speak | advcl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 there | punct |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 there | punct |
| 13 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 16 there | det |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 there | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 there | cop |
| 16 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 saying | ccomp |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 man | nsubj |
| 18 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 built | aux |
| 19 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 man | acl:relcl |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 house | det |
| 21 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 house | amod |
| 22 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 built | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 dedicated | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 dedicated | cc |
| 25 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 dedicated | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 dedicated | advmod |
| 27 | dedicated | dedicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 built | conj |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 dedicated | obj |
| 29 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 speak | punct |
| 30 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 speak | parataxis |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 let | obj |
| 32 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 let | xcomp |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 return | cc |
| 34 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 go | conj |
| 35 | to | to | ADP | _ | 37 house | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 house | nmod:poss |
| 37 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 return | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 die | punct |
| 39 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 41 die | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 die | nsubj |
| 41 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 return | advcl |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 battle | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 battle | det |
| 44 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 die | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 dedicate | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 dedicate | cc |
| 47 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 48 man | det |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 dedicate | nsubj |
| 49 | dedicate | dedicate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 die | conj |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 dedicate | obj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 speak | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- exclamation
- act
- narrate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | shall | the officers | unto the people | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the officers not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | man | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | is a | present | man | there | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | build | present · perfect | man not said here | a new house | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | ||||
| 6 | not dedicate | present · perfect | man not said here | house | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | let | infinitive | man | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | go | infinitive | man not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | return | infinitive | man not said here | to man's house result | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=Result | ||||
| 10 | die | infinitive | man | in the battle | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in battle=Attribute | ||||
| 11 | dedicate | infinitive | another man | battle | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=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
וְדִבְּר֣וּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ אֶל־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹר֒ מִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֤ה בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֲנָכ֔וֹ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃
Deuteronomy 20:5: 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:546 of Mova's parse database.
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