--- title: Deuteronomy 25:7 (JPS 1917) — And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.' Who acts: man, 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 (man, 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:668 # text = And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say: 'My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 33 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 refuseth refuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 's 's PART POS _ 57 case _ _ 59 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 60 unto unto ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the man | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the man *not said here* | | brother's brother's wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 3 | **go up** | shall | brother's brother's wife | | | | then | to the gate; unto the elders | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | brother's brother's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **refuse** | present | My husband's brother | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **raise up** | to-infinitive | My husband's brother *not said here* | a name | | Israel | | unto brother's brother | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme in israel=Destination | | 7 | **not** **perform** | future | brother | the duty of a husband's brother | | | | unto me | 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} וְאִם־לֹ֤א יַחְפֹּץ֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־יְבִמְתּ֑וֹ וְעָלְתָה֩ יְבִמְתּ֨וֹ הַשַּׁ֜עְרָה אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים וְאָֽמְרָה֙ מֵאֵ֨ין יְבָמִ֜י לְהָקִ֨ים לְאָחִ֥יו שֵׁם֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה יַבְּמִֽי׃ [Deuteronomy 25:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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