--- title: Deuteronomy 16:19 (JPS 1917) — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neith… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Who acts: Thou, gift. 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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 (Thou, gift), 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:474 # text = Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 wrest wrest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 8 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 11 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 14 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 blind blind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wise wise NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 pervert pervert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wrest** | shall | Thou | judgment | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Theme | | 2 | **not** **respect** | shall | thou | persons | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | shall | thou | a gift | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 4 | **blind** | present · do-support | a gift | the eyes of the wise | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pervert** | infinitive | a gift *not said here* | the words of the righteous | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | the righteous | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַשֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 16:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.16.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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