--- title: Deuteronomy 22:6 (JPS 1917) — If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or… · tree and pragmatics description: If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; Who acts: nest, dam. 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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 (nest, dam), 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:590 # text = If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young; 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 chance chance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee before ADV RB _ 6 xcomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 32 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 43 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dam dam NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 young young NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chance** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | a bird's nest | | | any tree or the ground | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | a bird's nest *not said here* | | | the way | | before *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | gerund | the dam *not said here* | | | the young or the eggs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon young=Location | | 4 | **not** **take** | shall | the dam | the dam | | | | with young ones or eggs; with the young | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dam=Theme | 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} כִּ֣י יִקָּרֵ֣א קַן־צִפּ֣וֹר ׀ לְפָנֶ֡יךָ בַּדֶּ֜רֶךְ בְּכָל־עֵ֣ץ ׀ א֣וֹ עַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶפְרֹחִים֙ א֣וֹ בֵיצִ֔ים וְהָאֵ֤ם רֹבֶ֙צֶת֙ עַל־הָֽאֶפְרֹחִ֔ים א֖וֹ עַל־הַבֵּיצִ֑ים לֹא־תִקַּ֥ח הָאֵ֖ם עַל־הַבָּנִֽים׃ [Deuteronomy 22:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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