--- title: Deuteronomy 22:26 (JPS 1917) — But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no… · tree and pragmatics description: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter. Who acts: thou, man. 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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 (thou, man), 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:610 # text = But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shalt shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 obj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 17 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 riseth rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 slayeth slay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall | thou | nothing | | | | unto the damsel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | present | a man | | | man's neighbour | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against neighbour=Location | | 3 | **slay** | present | a man *not said here* | man | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | | this matter | | | | | 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} וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָבָ֔ר אֵ֥ין לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה חֵ֣טְא מָ֑וֶת כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יָק֨וּם אִ֤ישׁ עַל־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וּרְצָח֣וֹ נֶ֔פֶשׁ כֵּ֖ן הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃ [Deuteronomy 22:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:610` 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 22:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.609/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 22:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.611/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 22:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.26/)