--- title: Deuteronomy 15:12 (JPS 1917) — If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee,… · tree and pragmatics description: If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. Who acts: hand, 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 (hand, 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:443 # text = If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Hebrew hebrew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Hebrew hebrew ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obj _ _ 23 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | thy brother and a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman | | | | unto thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | shall | hand | thee | | | year | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Attribute | | 3 | **let** | shall | thou | hand | | | year | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} כִּֽי־יִמָּכֵ֨ר לְךָ֜ אָחִ֣יךָ הָֽעִבְרִ֗י א֚וֹ הָֽעִבְרִיָּ֔ה וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּבַשָּׁנָה֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תְּשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵעִמָּֽךְ׃ [Deuteronomy 15:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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