--- title: Deuteronomy 16:11 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, a… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.466/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Deuteronomy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/) / [chapter 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU/16/) / [16:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.11/) / JPS 1 # Deuteronomy 16:11 · JPS 1917 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. **Who acts:** thou, Levite, widow, LORD, name · **What happens:** rejoice, be, choose, cause, dwell, name · **To what, where:** midst, place, name This is Deuteronomy 16:11 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (thou, Levite, widow, 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:466 # text = And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 29 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Levite Levite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 within within ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 they thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 fatherless fatherless NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 55 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 acl:relcl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 nmod _ _ 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 obj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 68 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 appos _ _ 70 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 acl:relcl _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 xcomp _ _ 74 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 xcomp _ _ 78 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 77 advmod _ _ 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | shall | thou | | | | before the LORD and thy son and thy daughter and thy man servant and thy maid servant and the Levite | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | present | the Levite | | | | | within they's gates and the stranger and the fatherless and the widow | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the widow | | | the midst | | of thee; in the place | tree rules | | 4 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **cause** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's name | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | LORD's name *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | LORD | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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} וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אַתָּ֨ה וּבִנְךָ֣ וּבִתֶּךָ֮ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶךָ֒ וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ וְהַגֵּ֛ר וְהַיָּת֥וֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ בַּמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן שְׁמ֖וֹ שָֽׁם׃ [Deuteronomy 16:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:466` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 16:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.465/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 16:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.467/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 16:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.11/)