--- title: Deuteronomy 17:8 (JPS 1917) — If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood… · tree and pragmatics description: If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, even matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose. 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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 (matter, thou, LORD, controversy), 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:486 # text = If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, even matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 arise arise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 between between ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 between between ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 plea plea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 plea plea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 between between ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 controversy controversy NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 within within ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 44 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 obj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 52 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 appos _ _ 54 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl:relcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a matter between blood and blood and plea and plea between stroke and stroke | | | judgment; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in judgment=Location | | 2 | **arise** | shall | thou | | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **get up** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | thee | | | | unto the place | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 4 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **matter** | | controversy within thy gates | | | | | | nom matter «cognition 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} כִּ֣י יִפָּלֵא֩ מִמְּךָ֨דָבָ֜ר לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט בֵּֽין־דָּ֨ם ׀ לְדָ֜ם בֵּֽין־דִּ֣ין לְדִ֗ין וּבֵ֥ין נֶ֙גַע֙ לָנֶ֔גַע דִּבְרֵ֥י רִיבֹ֖ת בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ וְקַמְתָּ֣ וְעָלִ֔יתָ אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִבְחַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בּֽוֹ׃ [Deuteronomy 17:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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