--- title: Exodus 20:17 — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. Who acts: Thou, thing. 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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, thing — and what happens in the verse to house, wife, 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 40 chapters of Exodus on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃פ [Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.570/) ## 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:EXO:535 # text = לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃פ # verse = EXO.20.17 1 לֹ֥א לֹא ADV _ _ 2 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_20:17!1|MId=o020200170011|Strong=3808|Type=negative 2 תַחְמֹ֖ד חָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 0 root _ Gloss=you.must.covet|Ref=EXO_20:17!2|MId=o020200170021|Strong=2530|Frame=A0:020190250042;A1:020200170031;|Type=yiqtol 3 בֵּ֣ית בַּיִת NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 2 obj _ Gloss=the.house|Ref=EXO_20:17!3|MId=o020200170031|Strong=1004 4-5 רֵעֶ֑ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 רֵע רֵעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 3 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.neighbor|Ref=EXO_20:17!4|MId=o020200170041|Strong=7453 5 ֶ֑ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=EXO_20:17!4|MId=o020200170042|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 6 לֹֽא־ לֹא ADV _ _ 7 advmod _ Gloss=not|Ref=EXO_20:17!5|MId=o020200170051|Strong=3808|Type=negative|SpaceAfter=No 7 תַחְמֹ֞ד חָמַד VERB _ Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2 2 parataxis _ Gloss=you.must.covet|Ref=EXO_20:17!6|MId=o020200170061|Strong=2530|Frame=A0:020190250042;A1:020200170071;020200170092;020200170102;020200170112;020200170122;020200170132;|Type=yiqtol 8 אֵ֣שֶׁת אִשָּׁה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 7 obj _ Gloss=the.wife|Ref=EXO_20:17!7|MId=o020200170071|Strong=0802 9-10 רֵעֶ֗ךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9 רֵע רֵעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 compound:smixut _ Gloss=your.neighbor|Ref=EXO_20:17!8|MId=o020200170081|Strong=7453 10 ֶ֗ךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=EXO_20:17!8|MId=o020200170082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 11-13 וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 11 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 12 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_20:17!9|MId=o020200170091|Strong=2050b 12 עַבְדּ עֶבֶד NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=his.[male]|Ref=EXO_20:17!9|MId=o020200170092|Strong=5650 13 ֤וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ Gloss=servant|Ref=EXO_20:17!9|MId=o020200170093|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 14-16 וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 14 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 15 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_20:17!10|MId=o020200170101|Strong=2050b 15 אֲמָת אָמָה NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 12 conj _ Gloss=his.female|Ref=EXO_20:17!10|MId=o020200170102|Strong=0519 16 וֹ֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ Gloss=servant|Ref=EXO_20:17!10|MId=o020200170103|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 17-19 וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 18 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_20:17!11|MId=o020200170111|Strong=2050b 18 שׁוֹר שׁוֹר NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=ox|Ref=EXO_20:17!11|MId=o020200170112|Strong=7794 19 ֣וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_20:17!11|MId=o020200170113|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 20-22 וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 20 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 21 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_20:17!12|MId=o020200170121|Strong=2050b 21 חֲמֹר חֲמוֹר NOUN _ Number=Sing 18 conj _ Gloss=donkey|Ref=EXO_20:17!12|MId=o020200170122|Strong=2543 22 ֔וֹ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ Gloss=his|Ref=EXO_20:17!12|MId=o020200170123|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal 23-24 וְכֹ֖ל _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 24 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=EXO_20:17!13|MId=o020200170131|Strong=2050b 24 כֹ֖ל כֹּל NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 8 conj _ Gloss=all|Ref=EXO_20:17!13|MId=o020200170132|Strong=3605 25 אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲשֶׁר SCONJ _ _ 27 mark _ Gloss=that|Ref=EXO_20:17!14|MId=o020200170141|Strong=0834|Type=relative 26-28 לְרֵעֶֽךָ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=[belongs].to|Ref=EXO_20:17!15|MId=o020200170151|Strong=3807a 27 רֵע רֵעַ NOUN _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing 24 acl:relcl _ Gloss=neighbor|Ref=EXO_20:17!15|MId=o020200170152|Strong=7453 28 ֶֽךָ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ Gloss=your|Ref=EXO_20:17!15|MId=o020200170153|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EXO_20:17!15|SpaceAfter=No 30 פ פ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=EXO_20:17!15 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: yes - indirect: yes | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **not** תַחְמֹד *you must covet* | yiqtol · qal | | בֵּית *the house* | | | | **not** תַחְמֹד *you must covet* | yiqtol · qal | | אֵשֶׁת *the wife* + עַבְדּ *his \[male\]* + אֲמָת *his female* + שׁוֹר *ox* + חֲמֹר *donkey* + כֹל *all* | | | 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} וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לְעַמָא לָא תִדְחֲלוּן אֲרֵי בְּדִיל לְנַסָאָה יָתְכוֹן אִתְגְלִי לְכוֹן יְקָרָא דַיְיָ וּבְדִיל דִתְהֵי דַחַלְתֵּהּ עַל אַפֵּיכוֹן בְּדִיל דְלָא תְחוּבוּן: 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. [Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.570/) **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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