--- title: Deuteronomy 21:16 (JPS 1917) — then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit tha… · tree and pragmatics description: then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born; Who acts: man, day, son. 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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, day, son), 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:577 # text = then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born; 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 beloved beloved NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hated hated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 47 amod _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 acl:relcl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | shall | | other | | | then; day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | present | man | the day | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | the day *not said here* | that | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **have** | present | man | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **make** | may | man | the son of the beloved | | | before the son of the hated | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Product | | 6 | **is a** | present | the son of the hated | the first born | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה בְּיוֹם֙ הַנְחִיל֣וֹ אֶת־בָּנָ֔יו אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֖ה ל֑וֹ לֹ֣א יוּכַ֗ל לְבַכֵּר֙ אֶת־בֶּן־הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י בֶן־הַשְּׂנוּאָ֖ה הַבְּכֹֽר׃ [Deuteronomy 21:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.21.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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