--- title: Deuteronomy 18:3 (JPS 1917) — And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that o… · tree and pragmatics description: And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. Who acts: this, people, sacrifice, priests. 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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 (this, people, sacrifice, priests), 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:501 # text = And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 ' 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 due due NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl:relcl _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 maw maw NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | this | the priests's due | | | | from the people from priests | tree rules | | 2 | **offer** | present | the people from priests | a sacrifice | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | infinitive | sacrifice | ox or sheep | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | shall | priests *= priest* | the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw | | | | unto the priest | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Theme | 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} וְזֶ֡ה יִהְיֶה֩ מִשְׁפַּ֨ט הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים מֵאֵ֣ת הָעָ֗ם מֵאֵ֛ת זֹבְחֵ֥י הַזֶּ֖בַח אִם־שׁ֣וֹר אִם־שֶׂ֑ה וְנָתַן֙ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן הַזְּרֹ֥עַ וְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִם וְהַקֵּבָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 18:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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