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title: Deuteronomy 18:22 (JPS 1917) — When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow… · tree and pragmatics
description: When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him. Who acts: prophet, thing, that, LORD. Deuteronomy 18:22 in JPS 1917 with its depen
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# Deuteronomy 18:22 · JPS 1917

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When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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**Who acts:** prophet, thing, that, LORD, thou · **What happens:** speak, not follow, come, pass, be, not speak · **To what, where:** name, thing, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Deuteronomy 18:22 · 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 (prophet, thing, that, 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:520
# text = When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	speaketh	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	follow	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	19	cc	_	_
19	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
23	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	obj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	32	advmod	_	_
32	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	acl:relcl	_	_
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
36	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	parataxis	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	presumptuously	presumptuously	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nsubj	_	_
42	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
44	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	cop	_	_
45	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	parataxis	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a prophet |  |  | the name of the LORD |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **follow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the thing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | infinitive | the thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** | present | that | the thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | the thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the prophet | name |  |  |  | presumptuously *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **is** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | of LORD; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **name** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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אֲשֶׁר֩ יְדַבֵּ֨ר הַנָּבִ֜יא בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֗ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָב֔וֹא ה֣וּא הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־דִבְּר֖וֹ יְהוָ֑ה בְּזָדוֹן֙ דִּבְּר֣וֹ הַנָּבִ֔יא לֹ֥א תָג֖וּר מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ס

[Deuteronomy 18:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.22/)

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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:520` of Mova's parse database.

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