--- title: Deuteronomy 18:6 (JPS 1917) — And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where… · tree and pragmatics description: And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD shall choose; Who acts: Levite, Israel, LORD. 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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 (Levite, Israel, LORD), 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:504 # text = And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the LORD shall choose; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Levite Levite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 come come VERB VBP VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sojourneth sojourn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 come come VERB VBP VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | a Levite | | | any | | out all Israel | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from any=Initial\_Location out israel=Destination | | 2 | **sojourn** | present | Israel | | | | | | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | present | a Levite *not said here* | | | | | with all desire of Israel's soul; unto the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | shall | the LORD | the place | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **desire** | | | Israel's soul | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְכִֽי־יָבֹ֨א הַלֵּוִ֜י מֵאַחַ֤ד שְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙ מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא גָּ֣ר שָׁ֑ם וּבָא֙ בְּכָל־אַוַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֔וֹ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 18:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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