--- title: Deuteronomy 13:15 (JPS 1917) — then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, b… · tree and pragmatics description: then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee; Who acts: thou, search. 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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, search), 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:397 # text = then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee; 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 diligently diligently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 behold behold INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | shall | thou | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | search | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset search=Product | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | diligently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | search | truth and the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wrought** | present · passive | | such abomination | | the midst of thee | | | tree rules | 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} וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֧ וְחָקַרְתָּ֧וְשָׁאַלְתָּ֖ הֵיטֵ֑ב וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֱמֶת֙ נָכ֣וֹן הַדָּבָ֔ר נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה הַתּוֹעֵבָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 13:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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