Numbers 4:12 · JPS 1917
And they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on a bar.
Who acts: staves · What happens: take, minister, put, cover · To what, where: vessels, sanctuary, staves, cloth, bar
This is Numbers 4:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (staves), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 take | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 vessels | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 vessels | det |
| 7 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 ministry | case |
| 9 | ministry | ministry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 vessels | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 minister | punct |
| 11 | wherewith | wherewith | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 minister | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 minister | nsubj |
| 13 | minister | minister | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 vessels | acl:relcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 sanctuary | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sanctuary | det |
| 16 | sanctuary | sanctuary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 minister | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 put | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 put | cc |
| 19 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 take | conj |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 put | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 cloth | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 cloth | det |
| 23 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 put | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 blue | case |
| 25 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 cloth | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 cover | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 cover | cc |
| 28 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 put | conj |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 cover | obj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 covering | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 covering | det |
| 32 | covering | covering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 cover | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 sealskin | case |
| 34 | sealskin | sealskin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 covering | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 put | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 put | cc |
| 37 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 38 put | aux |
| 38 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 take | conj |
| 39 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 put | obj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 42 bar | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 bar | det |
| 42 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 put | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | shall | staves = stave | all vessels of ministry | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | ||||
| 2 | minister | present | staves = stave | the sanctuary | wherewith property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | put | infinitive | staves = stave not said here | staves = stave | a cloth of blue | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in cloth=Destination | |||
| 4 | cover | infinitive | staves = stave not said here | staves = stave | with a covering of sealskin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with covering=Theme | |||
| 5 | put | shall | staves = stave not said here | staves = stave | a bar | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on bar=Destination |
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
וְלָקְחוּ֩ אֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֨י הַשָּׁרֵ֜ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר יְשָֽׁרְתוּ־בָ֣ם בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁ וְנָֽתְנוּ֙ אֶל־בֶּ֣גֶד תְּכֵ֔לֶת וְכִסּ֣וּ אוֹתָ֔ם בְּמִכְסֵ֖ה ע֣וֹר תָּ֑חַשׁ וְנָתְנ֖וּ עַל־הַמּֽוֹט׃
Numbers 4:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:NUM:151 of Mova's parse database.
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