--- title: Deuteronomy 25:8 (JPS 1917) — Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her'; Who acts: elders, brother, I. 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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 (elders, brother, I), 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:669 # text = Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand, and say: 'I like not to take her'; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | shall | the elders of brother's city | | brother | | then | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | the elders of brother's city *not said here* | | | | | unto brother | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | brother | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the elders of brother's city *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **like** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | name | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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} וְקָֽרְאוּ־ל֥וֹ זִקְנֵי־עִיר֖וֹ וְדִבְּר֣וּ אֵלָ֑יו וְעָמַ֣ד וְאָמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃ [Deuteronomy 25:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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