--- title: Exodus 22:9 (JPS 1917) — (22-9) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sh… · tree and pragmatics description: (22-9) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it; Who acts: man, ass. 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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, ass), 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:625 # text = (22-9) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it; 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 2 22-9 22-9 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 dep _ _ 3 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 die die VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 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 | **deliver** | infinitive | a man | a ass or a ox or a sheep or any beast | | | | unto man's neighbour | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ass=Patient | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** | infinitive | ass | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **hurt** | infinitive · passive | ass *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 5 | **drive away** | participle | ass *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **see** | gerund | no man | ass | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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} כִּֽי־יִתֵּן֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֜הוּ חֲמ֨וֹר אוֹ־שׁ֥וֹר אוֹ־שֶׂ֛ה וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֖ה לִשְׁמֹ֑ר וּמֵ֛ת אוֹ־נִשְׁבַּ֥ר אוֹ־נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אֵ֥ין רֹאֶֽה׃ [Exodus 22:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:EXO:625` 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: [Exodus 22:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.624/) - next →: [Exodus 22:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.626/) - ↑ back to [Exodus 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.9/)