--- title: Deuteronomy 21:14 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. Who acts: house, thou, woman. 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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 (house, thou, woman), 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:575 # text = And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. 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 VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 28 advmod _ _ 31 all all DET DT _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 deal deal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 because because SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 humbled humble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | house | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | thou | no delight | | | | in woman | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent delight=Patient | | 3 | **let** | shall | thou | woman | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **sell** | shall | thou | woman | | | | for money | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Theme for money=Asset | | 6 | **not** **deal** | shall | thou | | | | | with woman; as a slave | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with she=Theme | | 7 | **humble** | present · perfect | thou | woman | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=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} וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־לֹ֧א חָפַ֣צְתָּ בָּ֗הּ וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ֙ לְנַפְשָׁ֔הּ וּמָכֹ֥ר לֹא־תִמְכְּרֶ֖נָּה בַּכָּ֑סֶף לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּ֣ר בָּ֔הּ תַּ֖חַת אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִנִּיתָֽהּ׃ס [Deuteronomy 21:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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