--- title: Deuteronomy 23:26 (JPS 1917) — When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayes… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. Who acts: 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 (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:639 # text = When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 comest come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 22 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sickle sickle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | thou | | | thy neighbour's standing corn | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into corn=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pluck** | may | thou | ears | | | then | with thy hand | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 4 | **not** **move** | shall | thou | a sickle | | | | unto thy neighbour's standing corn | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sickle=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף עַ֖ל קָמַ֥ת רֵעֶֽךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 23:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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