--- title: Deuteronomy 15:4 (JPS 1917) — Howbeit there shall be no needy among you — for the LORD will surely… · tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit there shall be no needy among you — for the LORD will surely bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it — Who acts: needy, LORD. 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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 (needy, LORD), 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:435 # text = Howbeit there shall be no needy among you — for the LORD will surely bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it — 1 Howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX _ 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 needy needy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 surely surely ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 iobj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | no needy among you | | | there | | howbeit *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bless** | future | the LORD | thee | | the land | | surely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | for a inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme for inheritance=Asset | | 4 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | release | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | 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} אֶ֕פֶס כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־בְּךָ֖ אֶבְי֑וֹן כִּֽי־בָרֵ֤ךְ יְבָֽרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ נֹֽתֵן־לְךָ֥ נַחֲלָ֖ה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 15:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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