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title: Deuteronomy 20:11 — And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. Who acts: peace, thee, people. Deuteronomy 20:11 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Onkelos, JPS 1917 and
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# Deuteronomy 20:11 דְּבָרִים

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**Who acts:** peace, thee, people · **What happens:** make, answer, open, find, become, serve · **To what, where:** thee, people

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This is Deuteronomy 20:11 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (The Torah). 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 — peace, thee, people — and what happens in the verse to thee, people, 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.

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וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃

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[And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.552/)

## The tree {#tree}

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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:545
# text = וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃
# verse = DEU.20.11
1-2	וְהָיָה֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:11!1|MId=o050200110011|Strong=2050b
2	הָיָה֙	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=DEU_20:11!1|MId=o050200110012|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal
3	אִם־	אִם	SCONJ	_	_	5	mark	_	Gloss=if|Ref=DEU_20:11!2|MId=o050200110021|Strong=0518|SpaceAfter=No
4	שָׁל֣וֹם	שָׁלוֹם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	Gloss=peace|Ref=DEU_20:11!3|MId=o050200110031|Strong=7965
5-6	תַּֽעַנְךָ֔	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	תַּֽעַנ	עָנָה	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	24	advcl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=DEU_20:11!4|MId=o050200110041|Strong=6030|Frame=A0:050200100041;A1:050200110031;A2:050200110042;|Type=yiqtol
6	ְךָ֔	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	Gloss=will.answer.you|Ref=DEU_20:11!4|MId=o050200110042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
7-8	וּפָתְחָ֖ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וּ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:11!5|MId=o050200110051|Strong=2050b
8	פָתְחָ֖ה	פָּתַח	VERB	_	Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	5	conj	_	Gloss=it.will.open|Ref=DEU_20:11!5|MId=o050200110052|Strong=6605|Frame=A0:050200100041;|Type=weqatal
9-10	לָ֑ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_20:11!6|MId=o050200110061|Strong=3807a
10	ָ֑ךְ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_20:11!6|MId=o050200110062|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
11-12	וְהָיָ֞ה	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
11	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	12	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:11!7|MId=o050200110071|Strong=2050b
12	הָיָ֞ה	הָיָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	24	parataxis	_	Gloss=it.will.be|Ref=DEU_20:11!7|MId=o050200110072|Strong=1961|Type=weqatal
13	כָּל־	כֹּל	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=all|Ref=DEU_20:11!8|MId=o050200110081|Strong=3605|SpaceAfter=No
14-15	הָעָ֣ם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
14	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	15	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_20:11!9|MId=o050200110091|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
15	עָ֣ם	עַם	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=people|Ref=DEU_20:11!9|MId=o050200110092|Strong=5971
16-17	הַנִּמְצָא־	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הַ	הַ	SCONJ	_	_	17	mark	_	Gloss=[which|Ref=DEU_20:11!10|MId=o050200110101|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	נִּמְצָא־	מָצָא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=NIPHAL|Number=Sing	13	acl:relcl	_	Gloss=is].found|Ref=DEU_20:11!10|MId=o050200110102|Strong=4672|Frame=A1:050200110092;|Type=participle_active
18-19	בָ֗הּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	ב	בְּ	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_20:11!11|MId=o050200110111|Strong=0871a
19	ָ֗הּ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=DEU_20:11!11|MId=o050200110112|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
20	יִהְי֥וּ	הָיָה	AUX	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	24	cop	_	Gloss=they.will.become|Ref=DEU_20:11!12|MId=o050200110121|Strong=1961|Frame=A0:050200110092;|Type=yiqtol
21-22	לְךָ֛	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=DEU_20:11!13|MId=o050200110131|Strong=3807a
22	ְךָ֛	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	Gloss=you|Ref=DEU_20:11!13|MId=o050200110132|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
23-24	לָמַ֖ס	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
23	לָ	לְ	ADP	_	_	24	case	_	Gloss=(into).forced|Ref=DEU_20:11!14|MId=o050200110141|Strong=3807a
24	מַ֖ס	מַס	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	Gloss=labor|Ref=DEU_20:11!14|MId=o050200110142|Strong=4522
25-27	וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
25	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	26	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:11!15|MId=o050200110151|Strong=2050b
26	עֲבָדֽוּ	עָבַד	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	24	conj	_	Gloss=they|Ref=DEU_20:11!15|MId=o050200110152|Strong=5647|Frame=A0:050200110092;A1:050200110153;|Type=weqatal
27	ךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	Gloss=will.serve.you|Ref=DEU_20:11!15|MId=o050200110153|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
28	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	27	punct	_	Ref=DEU_20:11!15
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: inside a quote begun earlier
- negation: no

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| תַּֽעַנ *it* | yiqtol · qal |  | שָׁלוֹם *peace* | ְךָ *will answer you* |  |
| פָתְחָה *it will open* | weqatal · qal |  |  |  |  |
| נִּמְצָא־ *is\] found* | participle active · niphal |  | עָם *people* |  |  |
| יִהְיוּ *they will become* | yiqtol · qal | עָם *people* |  |  |  |
| עֲבָדֽוּ *they* | weqatal · qal | עָם *people* | ךָ *will serve you* |  |  |

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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}

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וִיהֵי אִם שְׁלַם תַּעֲנִנָךְ וְתִפְתַּח לָךְ וִיהֵי כָּל עַמָא דְיִשְׁתְּכַח בַּהּ יְהוֹן לָךְ מַסְקֵי מִסִין וְיִפְלְחֻנָךְ

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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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.

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1. [And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.552/)

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**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).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:DEU:545`.

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