--- title: Deuteronomy 21:1 (JPS 1917) — If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee… · tree and pragmatics description: If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; Who acts: LORD. 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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 (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:562 # text = If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 giveth give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 iobj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | infinitive · passive | | one | | | | slain *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present | the LORD | the land | thee | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **possess** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | land | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | | | the field | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in field=Location | | 5 | **not** **know** | infinitive · passive | | land | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **smite** | present · perfect | | LORD | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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} כִּי־יִמָּצֵ֣א חָלָ֗ל בָּאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ נֹתֵ֤ן לְךָ֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ נֹפֵ֖ל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע מִ֥י הִכָּֽהוּ׃ [Deuteronomy 21:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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