--- title: Deuteronomy 19:4 (JPS 1917) — And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and l… · tree and pragmatics description: And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; Who acts: this, manslayer, whoso. 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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, manslayer, whoso), 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:524 # text = And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 manslayer manslayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 thither thither ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 whoso whoso PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 killeth kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 unawares unawares ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | the case | | | | of the manslayer | tree rules | | 2 | **flee** | shall | the manslayer | | | | | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **live** | infinitive | the manslayer *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **kill** | present | whoso | manslayer's neighbour | | | | unawares *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Theme | | 5 | **not** **hate** | past | whoso *not said here* | manslayer | | | time | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} וְזֶה֙ דְּבַ֣ר הָרֹצֵ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־יָנ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּה וָחָ֑י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַכֶּ֤ה אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַת וְה֛וּא לֹא־שֹׂנֵ֥א ל֖וֹ מִתְּמֹ֥ל שִׁלְשֹֽׁם׃ [Deuteronomy 19:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:524` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 19:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.523/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 19:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.525/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.4/)