--- title: Deuteronomy 27:15 (JPS 1917) — Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abominati… · tree and pragmatics description: Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. Who acts: man, hands. 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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, hands), 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:714 # text = Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. 1 Cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 aux:pass _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 graven graven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 molten molten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 11 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 abomination abomination NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 craftsman craftsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 setteth set VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **curse** | infinitive · passive | | the man | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | the man | a graven image | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset image=Product | | 3 | **set up** | present | the man *not said here* | image | | secret | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in secret=Destination | | 4 | **work** | | the hands of the craftsman | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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} אָר֣וּר הָאִ֡ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַעֲשֶׂה֩ פֶ֨סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֜ה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה מַעֲשֵׂ֛ה יְדֵ֥י חָרָ֖שׁ וְשָׂ֣ם בַּסָּ֑תֶר וְעָנ֧וּ כָל־הָעָ֛ם וְאָמְר֖וּ אָמֵֽן׃ס [Deuteronomy 27:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.15/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret.** 2. [And all the people shall answer and say: Amen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.715/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:DEU:714` 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 27:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.713/) - next →: [Deuteronomy 27:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.715/) - ↑ back to [Deuteronomy 27:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.27.15/)