--- title: Deuteronomy 18:10 (JPS 1917) — There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or hi… · tree and pragmatics description: There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, Who acts: one, son. 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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 (one, son), 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:508 # text = There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 19 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 useth use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 divination divination NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 soothsayer soothsayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 enchanter enchanter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **find** | shall · passive | | any one | | there | | among you | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | any one | LORD's son or LORD's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | to-infinitive | LORD's son or LORD's daughter *not said here* | | | the fire | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through fire=Location | | 4 | **use** | present | one | divination and a soothsayer or a enchanter or a sorcerer | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divination=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} לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א בְךָ֔ מַעֲבִ֥יר בְּנֽוֹ־וּבִתּ֖וֹ בָּאֵ֑שׁ קֹסֵ֣ם קְסָמִ֔ים מְעוֹנֵ֥ן וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃ [Deuteronomy 18:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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