--- title: Deuteronomy 19:5 (JPS 1917) — as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood,… · tree and pragmatics description: as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live; Who acts: man, hand, head. 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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 (man, hand, head), 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:525 # text = as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live; 1 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hew hew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 fetcheth fetch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slippeth slip VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 helve helve NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 lighteth light VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 die die VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 56 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 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 | **go** | present | a man | | | the forest | | with man's neighbour | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **hew** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | wood | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | | 3 | **fetch** | present | man's hand | a stroke | | | | with the axe | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stroke=Theme | | 4 | **cut down** | to-infinitive | man's hand *not said here* | the tree | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tree=Product | | 5 | **slip** | present | the head | | | | | from the helve | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from helve=Co-Patient | | 6 | **light** | present | the head *not said here* | | | | | upon man's neighbour | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **die** | present | head | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **flee** | shall | head | | | | | unto one of this cities | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **live** | infinitive | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַאֲשֶׁר֩ יָבֹ֨א אֶת־רֵעֵ֥הוּ בַיַּעַר֮ לַחְטֹ֣ב עֵצִים֒ וְנִדְּחָ֨ה יָד֤וֹ בַגַּרְזֶן֙ לִכְרֹ֣ת הָעֵ֔ץ וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ וּמָצָ֥א אֶת־רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת ה֗וּא יָנ֛וּס אֶל־אַחַ֥ת הֶעָרִים־הָאֵ֖לֶּה וָחָֽי׃ [Deuteronomy 19:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:525` 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 19:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.524/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 19:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.526/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 19:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.19.5/)