--- title: Deuteronomy 23:17 (JPS 1917) — he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which h… · tree and pragmatics description: he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him. Who acts: God, midst, thou. 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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 (God, midst, 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:630 # text = he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him. 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 within within ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 liketh like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 best best ADV RBS Degree=Sup 28 advmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 33 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 wrong wrong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | shall | God | | | the midst of thee | | with thee; in the place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Location | | 2 | **choose** | shall | God | the place | | | | within one of thy gates | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **like** | present | midst | God | | | | best *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 4 | **not** **wrong** | shall | thou | God | | | | | 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} עִמְּךָ֞ יֵשֵׁ֣ב בְּקִרְבְּךָ֗ בַּמָּק֧וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֛ר בְּאַחַ֥ד שְׁעָרֶ֖יךָ בַּטּ֣וֹב ל֑וֹ לֹ֖א תּוֹנֶֽנּוּ׃ס [Deuteronomy 23:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:630` 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 23:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.629/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 23:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.631/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 23:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.17/)