Deuteronomy 21:1 · JPS 1917
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
Who acts: LORD · What happens: find, give, possess, lie, not know, smite · To what, where: one, land, thee, field, LORD · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Deuteronomy 21:1 · 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 (LORD), 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 | _ | 4 found | mark |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | slain | slain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 found | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 land | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 land | det |
| 8 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 slain | obl |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 giveth | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 LORD | det |
| 11 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 giveth | nsubj |
| 12 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 God | nmod:poss |
| 13 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 LORD | appos |
| 14 | giveth | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 land | acl:relcl |
| 15 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 14 giveth | iobj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 possess | mark |
| 17 | possess | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 giveth | xcomp |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 possess | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 lying | punct |
| 20 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 possess | advcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 field | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 field | det |
| 23 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 lying | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 known | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 known | cc |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 known | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 known | aux:pass |
| 28 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 29 known | advmod |
| 29 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 found | conj |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 smitten | nsubj |
| 31 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 smitten | aux |
| 32 | smitten | smite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 known | ccomp |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 smitten | obj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | infinitive · passive | one | slain property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | present | the LORD | the land | thee | tree rules | |||
| 3 | possess | to-infinitive | the LORD not said here | land | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie | gerund | the LORD not said here | the field | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location | ||||
| 5 | not know | infinitive · passive | land | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | smite | present · perfect | LORD | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
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
כִּי־יִמָּצֵ֣א חָלָ֗ל בָּאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ נֹתֵ֤ן לְךָ֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ נֹפֵ֖ל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע מִ֥י הִכָּֽהוּ׃
Deuteronomy 21:1: 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:562 of Mova's parse database.
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