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title: Deuteronomy 20:14 (JPS 1917) — but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is… · tree and pragmatics
description: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Who acts: women, thou, LORD. Deuteronomy 20:14 in JPS 1917 with
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# Deuteronomy 20:14 · JPS 1917

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but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

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**Who acts:** women, thou, LORD · **What happens:** be, take, eat, give, spoil · **To what, where:** city, spoil, thee, enemies

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This is Deuteronomy 20:14 · 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 (women, thou, 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:555
# text = but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
1	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	acl:relcl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
23	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	25	det:predet	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	_
26	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
28	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	nsubj	_	_
30	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	prey	prey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	30	obl	_	_
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	40	nsubj	_	_
39	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
47	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	obj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
50	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	_
52	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
53	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	acl:relcl	_	_
54	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	53	iobj	_	_
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=request, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the city |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | shall | the women and the little ones and the cattle |  |  |  |  | for a prey; unto thyself | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for prey=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **eat** | shall | thou | the spoil of thine enemies |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Patient |
| 4 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | the spoil of thine enemies | thee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient which=Theme |
| 5 | **spoil** |  |  | thine enemies |  |  |  |  | nom spoil «possession 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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רַ֣ק הַ֠נָּשִׁים וְהַטַּ֨ף וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה בָעִ֛יר כָּל־שְׁלָלָ֖הּ תָּבֹ֣ז לָ֑ךְ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙ אֶת־שְׁלַ֣ל אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לָֽךְ׃

[Deuteronomy 20:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.20.14/)

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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:555` of Mova's parse database.

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