--- title: Deuteronomy 21:15 (JPS 1917) — If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and t… · tree and pragmatics description: If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; Who acts: man, one, other, father. 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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 (man, one, other, father), 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:576 # text = If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 beloved beloved VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 both both CCONJ CC _ 26 cc:preconj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hated hate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 compound _ _ 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 36 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 conj _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 hated hate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a man | two wives | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 2 | **beloved** | past | the one | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hate** | past | other | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **bear** | present · perfect | father | children | man | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary child=Patient | | 5 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | the born son | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hate** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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} כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֨יןָ לְאִ֜ישׁ שְׁתֵּ֣י נָשִׁ֗ים הָאַחַ֤ת אֲהוּבָה֙ וְהָאַחַ֣ת שְׂנוּאָ֔ה וְיָֽלְדוּ־ל֣וֹ בָנִ֔ים הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה וְהַשְּׂנוּאָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה הַבֵּ֥ן הַבְּכ֖וֹר לַשְּׂנִיאָֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 21:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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