--- title: Deuteronomy 13:9 (JPS 1917) — thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall… · tree and pragmatics description: thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; Who acts: thou, eye. 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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 (thou, eye), 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:391 # text = thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him; 1 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 9 cc _ _ 9 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 pity pity VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 21 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **consent** | shall | thou | | | | | unto friend | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hearken** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | unto friend | tree rules | | 3 | **pity** | shall | thine eye | friend | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **spare** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **conceal** | shall | thou | friend | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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} לֹא־תֹאבֶ֣ה ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וְלֹא־תָח֤וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֙ עָלָ֔יו וְלֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֥ל וְלֹֽא־תְכַסֶּ֖ה עָלָֽיו׃ [Deuteronomy 13:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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