--- title: Deuteronomy 15:18 (JPS 1917) — It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from… · tree and pragmatics description: It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest. Who acts: It, thou, LORD, hire. 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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 (It, thou, LORD, hire), 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:450 # text = It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lettest let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 double double NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 hireling hireling NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obj _ _ 32 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 42 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 obl _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 doest do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **seem** | shall | It | | | | | unto thee; hard *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **let** | present | thou | LORD | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **serve** | present | LORD | thee | the double of the hire hireling | | year | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to double=Recipient | | 5 | **bless** | future | the LORD | thee | | all | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 6 | **do** | present | thou | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **double** | | the hire hireling | | | | | | nom double «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} לֹא־יִקְשֶׁ֣ה בְעֵינֶ֗ךָ בְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֙ אֹת֤וֹ חָפְשִׁי֙ מֵֽעִמָּ֔ךְ כִּ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ שְׂכַ֣ר שָׂכִ֔יר עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃פ [Deuteronomy 15:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.15.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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