--- title: Deuteronomy 23:22 (JPS 1917) — When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be s… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee. Who acts: thou, LORD, vow. 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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, LORD, vow), 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:635 # text = When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 vow vow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 14 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 slack slack ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 surely surely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | shall | thou | a vow | | | | unto the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | shall | thou | | | | | slack *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pay** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | vow | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 4 | **require** | future | the LORD | vow | | | | of thee; surely *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Precondition | | 5 | **is a** | future | vow | sin | | thee | | | 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} כִּֽי־תִדֹּ֥ר נֶ֙דֶר֙ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לֹ֥א תְאַחֵ֖ר לְשַׁלְּמ֑וֹ כִּֽי־דָּרֹ֨שׁ יִדְרְשֶׁ֜נּוּ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ מֵֽעִמָּ֔ךְ וְהָיָ֥ה בְךָ֖ חֵֽטְא׃ [Deuteronomy 23:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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