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title: Deuteronomy 13:7 (JPS 1917) — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter,… · tree and pragmatics
description: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Who acts: friend, brother, us, thou. Deuteronomy 1
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# Deuteronomy 13:7 · JPS 1917

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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

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**Who acts:** friend, brother, us, thou, thy · **What happens:** be, entice, say, let, go, serve · **To what, where:** friend, thee, us, other gods · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 13:7 · 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 (friend, brother, us, thou), 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:389
# text = If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
2	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
30	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	nsubj	_	_
31	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
32	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	acl:relcl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
37	entice	entice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
38	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	obj	_	_
39	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	_
44	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	ccomp	_	_
45	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
49	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obj	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
52	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	44	punct	_	_
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	obj	_	_
54	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	nsubj	_	_
55	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	57	advmod	_	_
57	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	50	acl:relcl	_	_
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
59	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	nsubj	_	_
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
61	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	63	cc	_	_
62	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	conj	_	_
64	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: suggest
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | thy friend | thy friend *not said here* |  |  |  | as thine own soul | tree rules |
| 2 | **entice** | infinitive | thy brother or thy son or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosom or thy friend | thee |  |  |  | secretly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thy brother or thy son or thy daughter or the wife of thy bosom or thy friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **serve** | infinitive | us *not said here* | other gods |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute |
| 7 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | thou | other gods |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
| 8 | **bosom** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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כִּ֣י יְסִֽיתְךָ֡ אָחִ֣יךָ בֶן־אִ֠מֶּךָ אֽוֹ־בִנְךָ֨ אֽוֹ־בִתְּךָ֜ א֣וֹ ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת חֵיקֶ֗ךָ א֧וֹ רֵֽעֲךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כְּנַפְשְׁךָ֖ בַּסֵּ֣תֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵֽלְכָ֗ה וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתָּ אַתָּ֖ה וַאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:389` of Mova's parse database.

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