Numbers 4:15 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward — after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die.
Who acts: Aaron, end, camp, sons, vessels · What happens: make, cover, set forward, come, bear, not touch · To what, where: end, holy furniture, vessels, holy things
This is Numbers 4:15 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (Aaron, end, camp, sons), 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 | _ | 39 come | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 made | mark |
| 3 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 made | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sons | cc |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sons | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 Aaron | conj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 made | aux |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 come | advcl |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 made | obj |
| 11 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 12 covering | mark |
| 12 | covering | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 end | acl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 furniture | det |
| 14 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 furniture | amod |
| 15 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 covering | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 vessels | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 vessels | cc |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 vessels | det:predet |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 vessels | det |
| 20 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 vessels | amod |
| 21 | vessels | vessel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 furniture | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 set | punct |
| 23 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 set | mark |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 camp | det |
| 25 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 set | nsubj |
| 26 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 set | aux |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 set | mark |
| 28 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 made | advcl |
| 29 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 28 set | advmod |
| 30 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 come | punct |
| 31 | after | after | ADP | _ | 32 that | case |
| 32 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 39 come | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 sons | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 sons | det |
| 35 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 come | nsubj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Kohath | case |
| 37 | Kohath | Kohath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 sons | nmod |
| 38 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 come | aux |
| 39 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 bear | mark |
| 41 | bear | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 come | xcomp |
| 42 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 bear | obj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 touch | punct |
| 44 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 touch | cc |
| 45 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 touch | nsubj |
| 46 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 touch | aux |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 touch | advmod |
| 48 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 come | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 things | det |
| 50 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 things | amod |
| 51 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 touch | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 die | punct |
| 53 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 55 die | mark |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 die | nsubj |
| 55 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 touch | advcl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 come | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed act=narrate
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · perfect | Aaron and Aaron's sons | a end | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Product | ||||
| 2 | cover | gerund | a end not said here | the holy furniture and all holy vessels | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme furniture=Destination | ||||
| 3 | set forward | present | the camp | forward property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | come | shall | the sons of Kohath | after that | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bear | to-infinitive | the sons of Kohath not said here | vessels = vessel | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 6 | not touch | shall | vessels = vessel | the holy things | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme | ||||
| 7 | die | present | vessels = vessel | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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
וְכִלָּ֣ה אַֽהֲרֹן־וּ֠בָנָיו לְכַסֹּ֨ת אֶת־הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֒ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן יָבֹ֤אוּ בְנֵי־קְהָת֙ לָשֵׂ֔את וְלֹֽא־יִגְּע֥וּ אֶל־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵ֑תוּ אֵ֛לֶּה מַשָּׂ֥א בְנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
Numbers 4:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward — after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die.
- These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:NUM:154 of Mova's parse database.
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