--- title: Exodus 21:29 (JPS 1917) — But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been g… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. Who acts: ox, owner. 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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 (ox, owner), 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:EXO:608 # text = But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wont wont ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 gore gore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 past past ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 stoned stone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 also also ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 conj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the ox | | | | | wont *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **gore** | to-infinitive | the ox *not said here* | | | | time | past *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect · passive | | warning | ox's owner | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to owner=Recipient | | 4 | **not** **keep in** | present · perfect | owner | ox | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | present · perfect | ox | a man or a woman | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 6 | **stone** | shall · passive | | the ox | | | | | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **put** | shall · passive | | ox's owner | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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} וְאִ֡ם שׁוֹר֩ נַגָּ֨ח ה֜וּא מִתְּמֹ֣ל שִׁלְשֹׁ֗ם וְהוּעַ֤ד בִּבְעָלָיו֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמְרֶ֔נּוּ וְהֵמִ֥ית אִ֖ישׁ א֣וֹ אִשָּׁ֑ה הַשּׁוֹר֙ יִסָּקֵ֔ל וְגַם־בְּעָלָ֖יו יוּמָֽת׃ [Exodus 21:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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