Deuteronomy 21:17 · JPS 1917
but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the first-fruits of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.
Who acts: man, right · What happens: acknowledge, give, have, be · To what, where: first born, double portion, man, first fruits, husband
This is Deuteronomy 21:17 · 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 (man, right), 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 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 acknowledge | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 acknowledge | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 acknowledge | aux |
| 4 | acknowledge | acknowledge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 born | det |
| 6 | first | first | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 born | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 born | punct |
| 8 | born | born | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 acknowledge | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 son | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 son | det |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 born | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hated | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hated | det |
| 14 | hated | hate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 son | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 giving | punct |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 giving | mark |
| 17 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 acknowledge | advcl |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 giving | iobj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 portion | det |
| 20 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 portion | amod |
| 21 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 giving | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 all | case |
| 23 | all | all | PRON | PronType=Tot | 21 portion | nmod |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 hath | obj |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 hath | nsubj |
| 26 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 all | acl:relcl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 fruits | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 34 fruits | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 fruits | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 fruits | cop |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 fruits | det |
| 32 | first | first | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fruits | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 fruits | punct |
| 34 | fruits | fruit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 acknowledge | advcl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 strength | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 strength | nmod:poss |
| 37 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 fruits | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 his | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 right | det |
| 40 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 his | nsubj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 born | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 born | det |
| 43 | first | first | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 born | compound |
| 44 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 45 born | punct |
| 45 | born | born | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 right | nmod |
| 46 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 his | cop |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 acknowledge | parataxis |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 acknowledge | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acknowledge | shall | man | the first born | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent born=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | man not said here | a double portion of all | man | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient portion=Theme | |||
| 3 | have | present | man | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | man | the first fruits | of man's strength | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | present | the right of the first born | husband | 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
כִּי֩ אֶת־הַבְּכֹ֨ר בֶּן־הַשְּׂנוּאָ֜ה יַכִּ֗יר לָ֤תֶת לוֹ֙ פִּ֣י שְׁנַ֔יִם בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵ֖א ל֑וֹ כִּי־הוּא֙ רֵאשִׁ֣ית אֹנ֔וֹ ל֖וֹ מִשְׁפַּ֥ט הַבְּכֹרָֽה׃ס
Deuteronomy 21:17: 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:578 of Mova's parse database.
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