--- title: Deuteronomy 9:21 (JPS 1917) — And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with f… · tree and pragmatics description: And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. — Who acts: I, ye, sin, brook. 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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, ye, sin, brook), 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:288 # text = And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and beat it in pieces, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 grinding grind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 very very ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 until until SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 descended descend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 out out ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 55 — - 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 | your sin | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | ye | the calf | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset which=Product | | 3 | **burnt** | past | I *not said here* | sin | | | | with fire | tree rules | | 4 | **beat** | past | I *not said here* | sin | | | | in pieces | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Patient in piece=Topic | | 5 | **grind** | gerund | I *not said here* | sin | | | | small *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | sin | | | | | as dust; fine *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **cast** | past | I | the dust | | the brook | | thereof *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent dust=Material into brook=Product | | 8 | **descend** | past | the brook | | | | | of the mount | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of mount=Location | 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} וְֽאֶת־חַטַּאתְכֶ֞ם אֲשֶׁר־עֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעֵ֗גֶל לָקַחְתִּי֮ וָאֶשְׂרֹ֣ף אֹת֣וֹ ׀ בָּאֵשׁ֒ וָאֶכֹּ֨ת אֹת֤וֹ טָחוֹן֙ הֵיטֵ֔ב עַ֥ד אֲשֶׁר־דַּ֖ק לְעָפָ֑ר וָֽאַשְׁלִךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפָר֔וֹ אֶל־הַנַּ֖חַל הַיֹּרֵ֥ד מִן־הָהָֽר׃ [Deuteronomy 9:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.9.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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