--- title: Deuteronomy 20:7 (JPS 1917) — And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken… · tree and pragmatics description: And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.' Who acts: man. 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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), 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:548 # text = And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 there there PRON EX _ 4 expl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 betrothed betroth VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **betroth** | present · perfect | what man | a wife | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 2 | **not** **take** | present · perfect | what man *not said here* | | wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **return** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | unto man's house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **die** | infinitive | man | | | | | in the battle | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in battle=Attribute | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | another man | | wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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} וּמִֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אֵרַ֤שׂ אִשָּׁה֙ וְלֹ֣א לְקָחָ֔הּ יֵלֵ֖ךְ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לְבֵית֑וֹ פֶּן־יָמוּת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְאִ֥ישׁ אַחֵ֖ר יִקָּחֶֽנָּה׃ [Deuteronomy 20:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.20.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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