--- title: Deuteronomy 15:11 (JPS 1917) — For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command… · tree and pragmatics description: For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.' Who acts: poor, I, Thou. 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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 (poor, I, 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:442 # text = For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 poor poor NOUN NN Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 never never ADV RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 command command VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 20 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 21 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 surely surely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 28 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 needy needy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cease** | shall | the poor | | | the land | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **command** | present | I | thee | | | | therefore *property* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **open** | shall | Thou | thy hand | | thy land | | unto thy poor brother; surely *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in land=Location | 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} כִּ֛י לֹא־יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִקֶּ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ עַל־כֵּ֞ן אָנֹכִ֤י מְצַוְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פָּ֠תֹחַ תִּפְתַּ֨ח אֶת־יָדְךָ֜ לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 15:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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