--- title: Deuteronomy 24:19 (JPS 1917) — When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. Who acts: thou, sheaf, LORD, hands. 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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, sheaf, LORD, hands), 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:658 # text = When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 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 reapest reap VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 4 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 hast have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 forgot forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sheaf sheaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 20 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fatherless fatherless NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 47 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 bless bless VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reap** | present | thou | thy harvest | | thy field | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme | | 2 | **forget** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | a sheaf | | the field | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **go back** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | sheaf | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | sheaf | | | | | for the stranger; for the fatherless and the widow | tree rules | | 6 | **bless** | may | the LORD | thee | | all work of thy hands | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 7 | **work** | | thy hands | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} כִּ֣י תִקְצֹר֩ קְצִֽירְךָ֨ בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ עֹ֣מֶר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א תָשׁוּב֙ לְקַחְתּ֔וֹ לַגֵּ֛ר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֑ה לְמַ֤עַן יְבָרֶכְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹ֖ל מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדֶֽיךָ׃ [Deuteronomy 24:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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