--- title: Deuteronomy 33:17 (JPS 1917) — His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns o… · tree and pragmatics description: His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. Who acts: firstling bullock, horns, blessing. 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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 (firstling bullock, horns, blessing), 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:954 # text = His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 firstling firstling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gore gore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 all all ADV DT _ 27 det _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ends end NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | blessing's firstling bullock | blessing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | blessing's horns | the horns | | | | of the wild ox | tree rules | | 3 | **gore** | shall | blessing | the peoples of horns | | | the ends of the earth | with horns *= horn* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | horns *= horn* | the ten thousands and the thousands | | | | of Ephraim | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | horns *= horn* | the thousands | | | | of Manasseh | tree rules | 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} בְּכ֨וֹר שׁוֹר֜וֹ הָדָ֣ר ל֗וֹ וְקַרְנֵ֤י רְאֵם֙ קַרְנָ֔יו בָּהֶ֗ם עַמִּ֛ים יְנַגַּ֥ח יַחְדָּ֖ו אַפְסֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְהֵם֙ רִבְב֣וֹת אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְהֵ֖ם אַלְפֵ֥י מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ס [Deuteronomy 33:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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