--- title: Deuteronomy 25:3 (JPS 1917) — Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he shou… · tree and pragmatics description: Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes. Who acts: he. 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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 (he), 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:664 # text = Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should be dishonoured before thine eyes. 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 exceed exceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 13 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 exceed exceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 above above ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stripes stripe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 dishonoured dishonour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | may | he | Forty stripes *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **not** **exceed** | shall | he | Forty stripes | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stripe=Theme | | 3 | **exceed** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | he | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **beat** | infinitive | he *not said here* | him *= he* | | these | | with many stripes | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with stripe=Instrument | | 5 | **dishonour** | should · passive | | thy brother | | | before thine eyes; then | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יַכֶּ֖נּוּ לֹ֣א יֹסִ֑יף פֶּן־יֹסִ֨יף לְהַכֹּת֤וֹ עַל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֔ה וְנִקְלָ֥ה אָחִ֖יךָ לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ס [Deuteronomy 25:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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