--- title: Exodus 21:35 (JPS 1917) — And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shal… · tree and pragmatics description: And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide. Who acts: ox, bondman. 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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, bondman), 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:614 # text = And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 8 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 14 mark _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 dieth die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 live live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ _ 34 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | one man's ox | another | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer another=Patient | | 2 | **die** | present | ox | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **sell** | shall | bondman | the live ox | | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme | | 4 | **divide** | infinitive | bondman *not said here* | the price of ox | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme | | 5 | **divide** | shall | bondman | the dead | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme | 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} וְכִֽי־יִגֹּ֧ף שֽׁוֹר־אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־שׁ֥וֹר רֵעֵ֖הוּ וָמֵ֑ת וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ אֶת־הַשּׁ֤וֹר הַחַי֙ וְחָצ֣וּ אֶת־כַּסְפּ֔וֹ וְגַ֥ם אֶת־הַמֵּ֖ת יֶֽחֱצֽוּן׃ [Exodus 21:35: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.21.35/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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