--- title: Deuteronomy 22:17 (JPS 1917) — and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy dau… · tree and pragmatics description: and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. Who acts: man, I, these, tokens. 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And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. **Who acts:** man, I, these, tokens · **What happens:** lay, say, not find, be, spread · **To what, where:** wanton charges, tokens, garment, elders · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Deuteronomy 22:17 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, I, these, tokens), 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:601 # text = and, lo, he hath laid wanton charges, saying: I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 lo lo INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 wanton wanton ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tokens token NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 virginity virginity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 tokens token NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 virginity virginity NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present · perfect | man | wanton charges | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **find** | past | I | the tokens of virginity | | | | in thy daughter | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent token=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | present | these | the tokens | | | | of my daughter's virginity | tree rules | | 5 | **spread** | shall | tokens *= token* | the garment | | the elders of the city | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent garment=Theme before elder=Destination | 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} וְהִנֵּה־ה֡וּא שָׂם֩ עֲלִילֹ֨ת דְּבָרִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹֽא־מָצָ֤אתִי לְבִתְּךָ֙ בְּתוּלִ֔ים וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּתוּלֵ֣י בִתִּ֑י וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִֽיר׃ [Deuteronomy 22:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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