--- title: Deuteronomy 25:5 (JPS 1917) — If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child,… · tree and pragmatics description: If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 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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 (brethren, one, brother), 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:666 # text = If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not be married abroad unto one not of his kin; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 dead dead NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 26 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obl _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 40 in in ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 's 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 61 unto unto ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | brethren | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** | present | one of brethren | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **have** | present | one of brethren *not said here* | no child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 4 | **not** **marry** | shall · passive | | the wife of the dead | | | | unto one of brother's kin; abroad *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **go in** | shall | wife's husband's brother | | | | | unto wife | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | infinitive | wife's husband's brother *not said here* | wife | brother | | | to wife | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Destination | | 7 | **perform** | infinitive | wife's husband's brother *not said here* | the duty of a husband's brother | | | | unto wife | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Theme | 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־יֵשְׁב֨וּ אַחִ֜ים יַחְדָּ֗ו וּמֵ֨ת אַחַ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ וּבֵ֣ן אֵֽין־ל֔וֹ לֹֽא־תִהְיֶ֧ה אֵֽשֶׁת־הַמֵּ֛ת הַח֖וּצָה לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר יְבָמָהּ֙ יָבֹ֣א עָלֶ֔יהָ וּלְקָחָ֥הּ ל֛וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֖ה וְיִבְּמָֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 25:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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