--- title: Deuteronomy 17:11 (JPS 1917) — According to the law which they shall teach thee, and according to t… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. Who acts: Levites, thou. 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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 (Levites, thou), 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:489 # text = According to the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 iobj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 12 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 iobj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 27 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 30 aside aside ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 49 cc _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | shall | Levites *= levite* | the law | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Topic | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | shall | Levites *= levite* | the judgment | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Topic | | 5 | **do** | shall | thou | | | | | accord the law; accord the judgment | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **turn** | shall | thou | | | the sentence | | to the right hand nor the left *result*; aside *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from sentence=Initial\_State to hand=Result | | 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | shall | Levites *= levite* | the sentence | | | | unto thee | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute | 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} עַל־פִּ֨י הַתּוֹרָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יוֹר֗וּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְר֥וּ לְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה לֹ֣א תָס֗וּר מִן־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּ֥ידֽוּ לְךָ֖ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃ [Deuteronomy 17:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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