--- title: Deuteronomy 33:21 (JPS 1917) — And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a rule… · tree and pragmatics description: And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel. Who acts: Gad, heads. 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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 (Gad, heads), 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:958 # text = And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 there there PRON EX _ 22 expl _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 executed execute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 ordinances ordinance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 . . 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 | **choose** | past | Gad | a first part | | | | for Gad | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent part=Theme for himself=Beneficiary | | 2 | **reserve** | past · passive | | a portion of a ruler | | there | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the heads of the people | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **execute** | past | Gad | the righteousness of the LORD and Gad's ordinances with Israel | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent righteousness=Patient | | 5 | **ordain** | | Gad | | | | | with Israel | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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} וַיַּ֤רְא רֵאשִׁית֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־שָׁ֛ם חֶלְקַ֥ת מְחֹקֵ֖ק סָפ֑וּן וַיֵּתֵא֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם צִדְקַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס [Deuteronomy 33:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.33.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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