--- title: Deuteronomy 14:29 (JPS 1917) — And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee… · tree and pragmatics description: And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. 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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 (Levite, widow, LORD, thou), 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:431 # text = And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Levite Levite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 11 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fatherless fatherless NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 within within ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 acl:relcl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 satisfied satisfied VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 obj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 obj _ _ 59 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nsubj _ _ 60 doest do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=promise, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Levite | no portion nor inheritance | | | | with thee | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the widow | | | | | within thy gates | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | shall | the Levite and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | shall | the Levite and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **satisfied** | infinitive · passive | the Levite and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bless** | may | the LORD | thee | | all work of thy hand | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 7 | **do** | present | thou | all work of thy hand | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** | | thy hand | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וּבָ֣א הַלֵּוִ֡י כִּ֣י אֵֽין־לוֹ֩ חֵ֨לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֜ה עִמָּ֗ךְ וְ֠הַגֵּר וְהַיָּת֤וֹם וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ וְאָכְל֖וּ וְשָׂבֵ֑עוּ לְמַ֤עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ס [Deuteronomy 14:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.14.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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