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title: Deuteronomy 12:15 (JPS 1917) — Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. Who acts: thou, LORD, unclean. Deuteronomy 
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# Deuteronomy 12:15 · JPS 1917

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Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.

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**Who acts:** thou, LORD, unclean · **What happens:** kill, eat, accord, give, desire, bless · **To what, where:** flesh, LORD, thee, soul

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This is Deuteronomy 12:15 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (thou, LORD, unclean), 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:365
# text = Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee; the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
1	Notwithstanding	notwithstanding	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	case	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	fixed	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
31	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	acl:relcl	_	_
34	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	iobj	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	nsubj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	conj	_	_
41	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
43	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	48	case	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	fixed	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	gazelle	gazelle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
51	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	54	case	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	fixed	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	hart	hart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: other
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=other

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | may | thou |  |  |  | after all desire of thy soul | within thy gates; accord the blessing of the LORD; notwithstanding *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **eat** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | flesh |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **give** | present · perfect | LORD | the LORD | thee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme |
| 5 | **eat** | may | the unclean |  |  |  |  | as the gazelle and the hart; thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **desire** |  |  | thy soul |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **bless** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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רַק֩ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֨ת נַפְשְׁךָ֜ תִּזְבַּ֣ח ׀ וְאָכַלְתָּ֣ בָשָׂ֗ר כְּבִרְכַּ֨ת יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ הַטָּמֵ֤א וְהַטָּהוֹר֙ יֹאכְלֶ֔נּוּ כַּצְּבִ֖י וְכָאַיָּֽל׃

[Deuteronomy 12:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.12.15/)

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