--- title: Deuteronomy 20:11 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. Who acts: peace, thee, people. 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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 (peace, thee, people), 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:552 # text = And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 make make VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obj _ _ 10 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 therein therein ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 csubj _ _ 34 tributary tributary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | peace | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | of peace | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **open** | infinitive | peace *not said here* | | | | | unto thee | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **find** | present · passive | | all people | | | | therein *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **become** | shall | all people | | | | | tributary *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **serve** | shall | all people *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Attribute | 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} וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כָּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 20:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.20.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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