--- title: Deuteronomy 13:14 (JPS 1917) — 'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known'; Who acts: Certain base fellows, us, ye. 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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 (Certain base fellows, us, ye), 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:396 # text = 'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known'; 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 2 Certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 27 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, form=decl | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | present · passive | Certain base fellows | | | the midst of thee | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw away** | present · perfect | Certain base fellows *not said here* | the inhabitants of fellows's city | | | | away *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Certain base fellows *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 | ye | other gods | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | 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} יָצְא֞וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֙עַל֙ מִקִּרְבֶּ֔ךָ וַיַּדִּ֛יחוּ אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י עִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר נֵלְכָ֗ה וְנַעַבְדָ֛ה אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 13:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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