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# Deuteronomy 17:12 · JPS 1917

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And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt exterminate the evil from Israel.

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**Who acts:** man, priest, thou · **What happens:** do, not hearken, stand, minister, die, exterminate · **To what, where:** evil, Israel

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This is Deuteronomy 17:12 · 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 (man, priest, 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:490
# text = And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt exterminate the evil from Israel.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doeth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	presumptuously	presumptuously	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	hearkening	hearken	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
11	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	standeth	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	minister	minister	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
19	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	even	even	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
31	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	32	det	_	_
32	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
33	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	nsubj	_	_
38	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	exterminate	exterminate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	from	from	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the man |  |  |  |  | presumptuously *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **hearken** | gerund | the man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the priest or the judge | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | present | the priest or the judge |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the priest or the judge *not said here* |  |  | there | before the LORD |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **die** | shall | the man |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **exterminate** | shall | thou | the evil |  | Israel |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Patient |

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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}

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וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה בְזָד֗וֹן לְבִלְתִּ֨י שְׁמֹ֤עַ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֙ הָעֹמֵ֞ד לְשָׁ֤רֶת שָׁם֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ א֖וֹ אֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵ֑ט וּמֵת֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַה֔וּא וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

[Deuteronomy 17:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.17.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:490` of Mova's parse database.

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