--- title: Deuteronomy 25:6 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. Who acts: wife, brother. 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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 (wife, 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:667 # text = And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 nsubj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 beareth bear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 blotted blot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **bear** | present | wife | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **succeed** | shall | | | | the name of brother's brother | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in name=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | present | brother's brother | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **blot out** | infinitive · passive | | brother's name | | Israel | | | tree rules | | 6 | **name** | | | brother's brother | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | brother | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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} וְהָיָ֗ה הַבְּכוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּלֵ֔ד יָק֕וּם עַל־שֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו הַמֵּ֑ת וְלֹֽא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Deuteronomy 25:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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