--- title: Deuteronomy 12:21 (JPS 1917) — If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name the… · tree and pragmatics description: If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. 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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 (LORD, place, thou, 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:371 # text = If the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to put His name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 iobj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obj _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 51 within within ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 after after ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's name | | there | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the place | | | thee | | far *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** | shall | thou | | | | then | of thy herd and thy flock | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent of herd=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | thy flock | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | | 6 | **command** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 7 | **eat** | shall | thou | | | | after all desire of thy soul | within thy gates | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **desire** | | | thy soul | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֨ק מִמְּךָ֜ הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִבְחַ֜ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ וְזָבַחְתָּ֞ מִבְּקָרְךָ֣ וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן יְהוָה֙ לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אַוַּ֥ת נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 12:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.12.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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