--- title: Deuteronomy 21:5 (JPS 1917) — And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. Who acts: priests, 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 (priests, 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:566 # text = And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near — for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Levi Levi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 near near ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 according accord ADP VBG _ 39 case _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 controversy controversy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | the priests | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **choose** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | for priests *= priest* | tree rules | | 3 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto LORD | tree rules | | 4 | **bless** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | the name of the LORD | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **word** | | priests *= priest* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ הַכֹּהֲנִים֮ בְּנֵ֣י לֵוִי֒ כִּ֣י בָ֗ם בָּחַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֖ךְ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וְעַל־פִּיהֶ֥ם יִהְיֶ֖ה כָּל־רִ֥יב וְכָל־נָֽגַע׃ [Deuteronomy 21:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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