--- title: Deuteronomy 23:4 (JPS 1917) — An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever; Who acts: Ammonite, none. 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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 (Ammonite, none), 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:617 # text = An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever; 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Ammonite Ammonite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moabite Moabite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 25 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ever ever ADV RB _ 25 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **enter** | shall | a Ammonite or a Moabite | | | the assembly of the LORD | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into assembly=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **enter** | shall | none | | | the assembly of the LORD | to the tenth generation | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to generation=Initial\_Location into assembly=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} לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א עַמּוֹנִ֛י וּמוֹאָבִ֖י בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָבֹ֥א לָהֶ֛ם בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 23:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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