Deuteronomy 22:2 · JPS 1917
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, and thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother require it, and thou shalt restore it to him.
Who acts: brother, thou, house · What happens: not be, not know, bring, be, require, restore · To what, where: him, it, house, brother
This is Deuteronomy 22:2 · 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 (brother, thou, house), 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 | _ | 20 bring | cc |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 nigh | mark |
| 3 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nigh | nsubj |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | Mood=Sub VerbForm=Fin | 7 nigh | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 nigh | advmod |
| 7 | nigh | nigh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 bring | advcl |
| 8 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 9 thee | case |
| 9 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 7 nigh | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 know | cc |
| 12 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 know | nsubj |
| 13 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 nigh | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 know | obj |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 know | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 nigh | punct |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 bring | advmod |
| 18 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 bring | nsubj |
| 19 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 20 bring | aux |
| 20 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 bring | obj |
| 22 | home | home | ADV | _ | 20 bring | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 house | case |
| 24 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 house | nmod:poss |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 bring | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 thee | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 thee | cc |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 thee | nsubj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 thee | aux |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 thee | cop |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 thee | case |
| 32 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 bring | conj |
| 33 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 36 require | mark |
| 34 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 35 brother | nmod:poss |
| 35 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 require | nsubj |
| 36 | require | require | VERB | Mood=Sub Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 thee | advcl |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 require | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 restore | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 restore | cc |
| 40 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 restore | nsubj |
| 41 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 42 restore | aux |
| 42 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 bring | conj |
| 43 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 restore | obj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 45 him | case |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 restore | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 bring | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request, voice=character, polarity=none
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | thy brother | unto thee; nigh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not know | present | thou | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | bring | shall | thou | it | thy house | then | home property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to house=Destination | |
| 4 | is | shall | house | with thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | require | present | thy brother | house | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition | ||||
| 6 | restore | shall | thou | house | brother | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient |
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
וְאִם־לֹ֨א קָר֥וֹב אָחִ֛יךָ אֵלֶ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א יְדַעְתּ֑וֹ וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ֙ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ וְהָיָ֣ה עִמְּךָ֗ עַ֣ד דְּרֹ֤שׁ אָחִ֙יךָ֙ אֹת֔וֹ וַהֲשֵׁבֹת֖וֹ לֽוֹ׃
Deuteronomy 22:2: 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:586 of Mova's parse database.
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