--- title: Deuteronomy 13:17 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broa… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto the LORD thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. Who acts: thou, spoil. 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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, spoil), 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:399 # text = And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the broad place thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, unto the LORD thy God; and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not be built again. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 31 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 whit whit NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 ever ever NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 55 again again ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | shall | thou | all spoil of spoil | | | | into the midst of the broad place | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent spoil=Patient into midst=Co-Patient | | 2 | **burn** | shall | thou *not said here* | the city and all spoil every whit | | | | with fire; unto the LORD | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent city=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 3 | **is a** | shall | spoil | a heap | | | | for ever | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **build** | shall · passive | | spoil | | | again | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **spoil** | | | spoil | | | | | nom spoil «possession 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} וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׁלָלָ֗הּ תִּקְבֹּץ֮ אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ רְחֹבָהּ֒ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ֨ בָאֵ֜שׁ אֶת־הָעִ֤יר וְאֶת־כָּל־שְׁלָלָהּ֙ כָּלִ֔יל לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְהָיְתָה֙ תֵּ֣ל עוֹלָ֔ם לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה עֽוֹד׃ [Deuteronomy 13:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.13.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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