--- title: Deuteronomy 25:9 (JPS 1917) — then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of… · tree and pragmatics description: then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.' Who acts: wife, man. 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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, man), 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:670 # text = then shall his brother's wife draw nigh unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say: 'So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house.' 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 loose loose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 off off ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 spit spit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 41 So so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 50 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | shall | brother's brother's wife | | | the presence of the elders | then | unto brother; nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in presence=Destination | | 2 | **loose** | infinitive | brother's brother's wife *not said here* | brother's shoe | | brother's foot | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent shoe=Patient | | 3 | **spit** | infinitive | brother's brother's wife *not said here* | | | brother's face | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | shall | wife | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | shall · passive | | shoe | | | | unto the man | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **not** **build up** | present · do-support | the man | brother's brother's house | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer house=Patient | 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} וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה יְבִמְתּ֣וֹ אֵלָיו֮ לְעֵינֵ֣י הַזְּקֵנִים֒ וְחָלְצָ֤ה נַעֲלוֹ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְל֔וֹ וְיָרְקָ֖ה בְּפָנָ֑יו וְעָֽנְתָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו [Deuteronomy 25:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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