--- title: Deuteronomy 20:5 — And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is t… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. Who acts: officers, that, man. 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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 — officers, that, man — and what happens in the verse to there, new house, house, man, battle, 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. וְדִבְּר֣וּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ אֶל־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹר֒ מִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֤ה בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֲנָכ֔וֹ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃ [And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.546/) ## 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:539 # text = וְדִבְּר֣וּ הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ אֶל־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹר֒ מִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֤ה בַֽיִת־חָדָשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א חֲנָכ֔וֹ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ׃ # verse = DEU.20.5 1-2 וְדִבְּר֣וּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:5!1|MId=o050200050011|Strong=2050b 2 דִבְּר֣וּ דָבַר VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Plur|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=they.will.say|Ref=DEU_20:5!1|MId=o050200050012|Strong=1696|Frame=A0:050200050022;|Type=weqatal 3-4 הַשֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3 הַ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 4 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_20:5!2|MId=o050200050021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 4 שֹּֽׁטְרִים֮ שֹׁטֵר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ Gloss=officials|Ref=DEU_20:5!2|MId=o050200050022|Strong=7860|Type=participle_active 5 אֶל־ אֶל ADP _ _ 7 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_20:5!3|MId=o050200050031|Strong=0413|SpaceAfter=No 6-7 הָעָ֣ם _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 7 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_20:5!4|MId=o050200050041|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 7 עָ֣ם עַם NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obl _ Gloss=people|Ref=DEU_20:5!4|MId=o050200050042|Strong=5971 8-9 לֵאמֹר֒ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לֵ לְ ADP _ ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ Gloss=(cmp)|Ref=DEU_20:5!5|MId=o050200050051|Strong=3807a 9 אמֹר֒ אָמַר VERB _ HebBinyan=QAL 8 fixed _ Gloss=|Ref=DEU_20:5!5|MId=o050200050052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:050200050022;|Type=infinitive_construct 10 מִֽי־ מִי PRON _ PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ Gloss=who?|Ref=DEU_20:5!6|MId=o050200050061|Strong=4310|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No 11-12 הָאִ֞ישׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 הָ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 12 det _ Gloss=[is].the|Ref=DEU_20:5!7|MId=o050200050071|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 12 אִ֞ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ Gloss=man|Ref=DEU_20:5!7|MId=o050200050072|Strong=0376 13 אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 14 mark _ Gloss=who|Ref=DEU_20:5!8|MId=o050200050081|Strong=0834|Type=relative 14 בָּנָ֤ה בָּנָה VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 12 acl:relcl _ Gloss=he.has.built|Ref=DEU_20:5!9|MId=o050200050091|Strong=1129|Frame=A0:050200050072;A1:050200050101;|Type=qatal 15 בַֽיִת־ בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 14 obj _ Gloss=a.house|Ref=DEU_20:5!10|MId=o050200050101|Strong=1004|SpaceAfter=No 16 חָדָשׁ֙ חָדָשׁ ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 15 amod _ Gloss=new|Ref=DEU_20:5!11|MId=o050200050111|Strong=2319|Type=adjective 17-18 וְלֹ֣א _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 19 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:5!12|MId=o050200050121|Strong=2050b 18 לֹ֣א לֹא ADV _ _ 19 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=DEU_20:5!12|MId=o050200050122|Strong=3808|Type=negative 19-20 חֲנָכ֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19 חֲנָכ חָנַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 14 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_20:5!13|MId=o050200050131|Strong=2596|Frame=A0:050200050072;A1:050200050132;|Type=qatal 20 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ Gloss=has.dedicated.it|Ref=DEU_20:5!13|MId=o050200050132|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 21 יֵלֵ֖ךְ הלך VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 parataxis _ Gloss=let.him.go|Ref=DEU_20:5!14|MId=o050200050141|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:050200050072;|Type=yiqtol 22-23 וְיָשֹׁ֣ב _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 23 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:5!15|MId=o050200050151|Strong=2050b 23 יָשֹׁ֣ב שׁוּב VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 21 conj _ Gloss=let.him.return|Ref=DEU_20:5!15|MId=o050200050152|Strong=7725|Frame=A0:050200050072;|Type=yiqtol 24-26 לְבֵית֑וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 25 case _ Gloss=to|Ref=DEU_20:5!16|MId=o050200050161|Strong=3807a 25 בֵית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 23 obl _ Gloss=house|Ref=DEU_20:5!16|MId=o050200050162|Strong=1004 26 ֑וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=DEU_20:5!16|MId=o050200050163|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 27 פֶּן־ פֶּן SCONJ _ _ 28 mark _ Gloss=lest|Ref=DEU_20:5!17|MId=o050200050171|Strong=6435|SpaceAfter=No 28 יָמוּת֙ מוּת VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 10 advcl _ Gloss=he.should.die|Ref=DEU_20:5!18|MId=o050200050181|Strong=4191|Frame=A0:050200050072;|Type=yiqtol 29-31 בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29 בַּ בְּ ADP _ _ 31 case _ Gloss=in|Ref=DEU_20:5!19|MId=o050200050191|Strong=0871a 30 ה הַ DET _ PronType=Art 31 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=DEU_20:5!19|MId=o050200050191ה|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 31 מִּלְחָמָ֔ה מִלְחָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 28 obl _ Gloss=battle|Ref=DEU_20:5!19|MId=o050200050192|Strong=4421 32-33 וְאִ֥ישׁ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 35 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=DEU_20:5!20|MId=o050200050201|Strong=2050b 33 אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ Gloss=a.man|Ref=DEU_20:5!20|MId=o050200050202|Strong=0376 34 אַחֵ֖ר אַחֵר ADJ _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 33 amod _ Gloss=another|Ref=DEU_20:5!21|MId=o050200050211|Strong=0312|Type=adjective 35-36 יַחְנְכֶֽנּוּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35 יַחְנְכ חָנַךְ VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 28 conj _ Gloss=he|Ref=DEU_20:5!22|MId=o050200050221|Strong=2596|Frame=A0:050200050202;A1:050200050222;|Type=yiqtol 36 ֶֽנּוּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ Gloss=will.dedicate.it|Ref=DEU_20:5!22|MId=o050200050222|Strong=5105b|Type=pronominal 37 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 36 punct _ Ref=DEU_20:5!22 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - speech: a frame and its quote - negation: yes - the frame alone: decl · assert · none | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | דִבְּרוּ *they will say* | weqatal · piel | שֹּֽׁטְרִים *officials* | | | | | אמֹר | infinitive construct · qal | שֹּֽׁטְרִים *officials* | | | | | בָּנָה *he has built* | qatal · qal | אִישׁ *man* | בַֽיִת־ *a house* | | | | **not** חֲנָכ *he* | qatal · qal | אִישׁ *man* | וֹ *has dedicated it* | | | | יֵלֵךְ *let him go* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *man* | | | | | יָשֹׁב *let him return* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *man* | | | | | יָמוּת *he should die* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *man* | | | | | יַחְנְכ *he* | yiqtol · qal | אִישׁ *a man* | ֶֽנּוּ *will dedicate it* | | | 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} וִימַלְלוּן סָרְכַיָא קֳדָם עַמָא לְמֵימָר מָן גַבְרָא דִי בְנָא בֵיתָא חַדְתָּא וְלָא חָנְכֵהּ יְהַךְ וִיתוּב לְבֵיתֵהּ דִילְמָא יְמוּת בַּאֲגָחָא קְרָבָא וּגְבַר אָחָרָן יַחְנְכִנֵהּ 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. [And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.546/) **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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