--- title: Deuteronomy 23:19 (JPS 1917) — Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, in… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. Who acts: Thou, these. 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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, these), 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:632 # text = Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hire hire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 harlot harlot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 both both DET PDT _ 33 det:predet _ _ 33 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **not** **bring** | shall | Thou | the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog | | the house of the LORD | | for any vow | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hire=Theme into house=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | present | these | a abomination | | | | unto the LORD | 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} לֹא־תָבִיא֩ אֶתְנַ֨ן זוֹנָ֜ה וּמְחִ֣יר כֶּ֗לֶב בֵּ֛ית יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְכָל־נֶ֑דֶר כִּ֧י תוֹעֲבַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ [Deuteronomy 23:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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