--- title: Deuteronomy 15:17 — then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise. Who acts: thou, LORD. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — thou, LORD — and what happens in the verse to awl, ear, bondman, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 34 chapters of Deuteronomy on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה בְאָזְנוֹ֙ וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּֽן׃ [then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.448/) [And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.449/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:DEU:443 # text = וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה בְאָזְנוֹ֙ וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת וְהָיָ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־כֵּֽן׃ # verse = DEU.15.17 1-2 וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:17!1|MId=o050150170011|Strong=2050b 2 לָקַחְתָּ֣ לָקַח VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.will.take|Ref=DEU_15:17!1|MId=o050150170012|Strong=3947|Frame=A0:050130120021;A1:050150170032;|Type=weqatal 3 אֶת־ אֵת ADP _ _ 5 case _ Gloss=(et)|Ref=DEU_15:17!2|MId=o050150170021|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker|SpaceAfter=No 4-5 הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_15:17!3|MId=o050150170031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 מַּרְצֵ֗עַ מַרְצֵעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=awl|Ref=DEU_15:17!3|MId=o050150170032|Strong=4836 6-7 וְנָתַתָּ֤ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:17!4|MId=o050150170041|Strong=2050b 7 נָתַתָּ֤ה נָתַן VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you.will.put.[it]|Ref=DEU_15:17!4|MId=o050150170042|Strong=5414|Frame=A0:050130120021;|Type=weqatal 8-10 בְאָזְנוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 בְ בְּ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_15:17!5|MId=o050150170051|Strong=0871a 9 אָזְנ אֹזֶן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obl _ Gloss=ear|Ref=DEU_15:17!5|MId=o050150170052|Strong=0241 10 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_15:17!5|MId=o050150170053|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 11-14 וּבַדֶּ֔לֶת _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וּ וְ CCONJ _ _ 14 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:17!6|MId=o050150170061|Strong=2050b 12 בַ בְּ ADP _ _ 14 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_15:17!6|MId=o050150170062|Strong=0871a 13 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 14 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_15:17!6|MId=o050150170062ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 14 דֶּ֔לֶת דֶּלֶת NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 9 conj _ Gloss=door|Ref=DEU_15:17!6|MId=o050150170063|Strong=1817 15-16 וְהָיָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:17!7|MId=o050150170071|Strong=2050b 16 הָיָ֥ה הָיָה AUX _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 19 cop _ Gloss=he.will.be|Ref=DEU_15:17!7|MId=o050150170072|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:050150120041;|Type=weqatal 17-18 לְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 ל לְ ADP _ _ 18 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_15:17!8|MId=o050150170081|Strong=3807a 18 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_15:17!8|MId=o050150170082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 19 עֶ֣בֶד עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 conj _ Gloss=a.slave|Ref=DEU_15:17!9|MId=o050150170091|Strong=5650 20 עוֹלָ֑ם עוֹלָם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 19 compound:smixut _ Gloss=of.perpetuity|Ref=DEU_15:17!10|MId=o050150170101|Strong=5769 21-22 וְאַ֥ף _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 21 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 26 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_15:17!11|MId=o050150170111|Strong=2050b 22 אַ֥ף אַף ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=DEU_15:17!11|MId=o050150170112|Strong=0637 23-25 לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 לַ לְ ADP _ _ 24 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_15:17!12|MId=o050150170121|Strong=3807a 24 אֲמָת אָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 26 obl _ Gloss=maidservant|Ref=DEU_15:17!12|MId=o050150170122|Strong=0519 25 ְךָ֖ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=DEU_15:17!12|MId=o050150170123|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 26 תַּעֲשֶׂה־ עָשָׂה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 conj _ Gloss=you.will.do|Ref=DEU_15:17!13|MId=o050150170131|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:050130120021;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No 27 כֵּֽן כֵּן ADV _ _ 26 advmod _ Gloss=thus|Ref=DEU_15:17!14|MId=o050150170141|Strong=3651|Type=demonstrative|SpaceAfter=No 28 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 27 punct _ Ref=DEU_15:17!14 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | לָקַחְתָּ *you will take* | weqatal · qal | | מַּרְצֵעַ *awl* | | | | נָתַתָּה *you will put \[it\]* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | הָיָה *he will be* | weqatal · qal | | | | | | תַּעֲשֶׂה־ *you will do* | yiqtol · qal | | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## Targum Onkelos {#onkelos} וְתִסַב יָת מַרְצְעָא וְתִתֵּן בְּאֻדְנֵהּ וּבְדָשָׁא וִיהֵי לָךְ עִבֵד פָּלַח לְעָלָם וְאַף לְאַמְתָךְ תַּעְבֶּד כֵּן The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.448/) 2. [And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.449/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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