--- title: Deuteronomy 17:2 (JPS 1917) — If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates whic… · tree and pragmatics description: If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing His covenant, Who acts: LORD, that, man. 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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 (LORD, that, man), 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:479 # text = If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing His covenant, 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX _ 4 expl _ _ 3 be be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 within within ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 21 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 iobj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 29 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 in in SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 transgressing transgress VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 45 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · passive | | man or woman | | the midst of thee; there | | within any | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present | the LORD | thy gates | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme | | 3 | **man** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | present | man or woman *not said here* | man or woman | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | the sight of the LORD | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **transgress** | gerund | man or woman *not said here* | LORD's covenant | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **covenant** | | LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: 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} כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֤א בְקִרְבְּךָ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֑ךְ אִ֣ישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אֶת־הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַעֲבֹ֥ר בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃ [Deuteronomy 17:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:479` 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 17:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.478/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 17:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.480/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.2/)