--- title: Deuteronomy 14:21 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Who acts: Ye, thing, thou, stranger. 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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 (Ye, thing, thou, stranger), 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:422 # text = Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 dieth die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 within within 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 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 foreigner foreigner NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 43 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **eat** | shall | Ye | | | | | of any thing | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of thing=Source | | 2 | **die** | present | any thing | | | | | of thing | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of itself=Causer | | 3 | **give** | may | thou | thing | | | | unto the stranger | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | the stranger | | | | | within thy gates | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** | may | falcon | thing | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **sell** | may | thou | thing | | | | unto a foreigner | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | present | thou | a holy people | | | | unto the LORD | 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} לֹ֣א תֹאכְל֣וּ כָל־נְ֠בֵלָה לַגֵּ֨ר אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׁעָרֶ֜יךָ תִּתְּנֶ֣נָּה וַאֲכָלָ֗הּ א֤וֹ מָכֹר֙ לְנָכְרִ֔י כִּ֣י עַ֤ם קָדוֹשׁ֙ אַתָּ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃פ [Deuteronomy 14:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.21/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God.** 2. [Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.423/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:422` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 14:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.421/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 14:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.423/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 14:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.21/)