--- title: Deuteronomy 22:21 (JPS 1917) — then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's hou… · tree and pragmatics description: then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 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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 (tokens, men, Israel, thou), 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:605 # text = then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die; because she hath wrought a wanton deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house; so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 stone stone VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 die die VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 because because SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 wanton wanton ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 's 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 55 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 56 away away ADV RB _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nmod _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=other, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | shall | tokens *= token* | the damsel | | | then | to the door of Israel's father's house | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent damsel=Patient | | 2 | **stone** | shall | the men of Israel's city | | Israel | | | with stones | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Destination with stone=Theme | | 3 | **die** | present | Israel | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **wrought** | present · perfect | Israel | a wanton deed | | Israel | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** | to-infinitive | Israel *not said here* | the harlot | | Israel's father's house | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harlot=Theme | | 6 | **put away** | shall | thou | the evil | | the midst of thee | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent evil=Goal | 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} וְהוֹצִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֜ה אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח בֵּית־אָבִ֗יהָ וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י עִירָ֤הּ בָּאֲבָנִים֙ וָמֵ֔תָה כִּֽי־עָשְׂתָ֤ה נְבָלָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִזְנ֖וֹת בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יהָ וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִקִּרְבֶּֽךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 22:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:605` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 22:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.604/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 22:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.606/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.21/)