--- title: Deuteronomy 25:18 (JPS 1917) — how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that… · tree and pragmatics description: how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Who acts: Amalek, thou. 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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 (Amalek, thou), 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:679 # text = how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. 1 how how SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 smote smote VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hindmost hindmost NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 appos _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 enfeebled enfeeble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 rear rear NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **meet** | past | Amalek | thee | | | | by the way | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Co-Agent | | 2 | **smote** | past | Amalek *not said here* | the hindmost of thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enfeeble** | past · passive | | | | thy rear | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | thou | | | | | faint *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | thou *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **fear** | past | Amalek | God | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | 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} אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָוְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹהִֽים׃ [Deuteronomy 25:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:679` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Deuteronomy 25:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.678/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 25:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.680/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 25:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.25.18/)