--- title: Deuteronomy 1:15 (JPS 1917) — So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge,… · tree and pragmatics description: So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe. Who acts: I. 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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 (I), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:DEU:14 # text = So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fifties fifty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 tens ten NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | I | the heads of your tribes and wise men | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | I *not said here* | heads *= head* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary head=Product | 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 {#hebrew} וָאֶקַּ֞ח אֶת־רָאשֵׁ֣י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁ֤ים חֲכָמִים֙ וִֽידֻעִ֔ים וָאֶתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛ם רָאשִׁ֖ים עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם שָׂרֵ֨י אֲלָפִ֜ים וְשָׂרֵ֣י מֵא֗וֹת וְשָׂרֵ֤י חֲמִשִּׁים֙ וְשָׂרֵ֣י עֲשָׂרֹ֔ת וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 1:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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