Numbers 4:19 · JPS 1917
but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
Who acts: you, Levites, Aaron · What happens: do, live, not die, approach, go in, appoint · To what, where: Levites
This is Numbers 4:19 · 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 (you, Levites, Aaron), 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 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 do | cc |
| 2 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 3 do | advmod |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 do | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 live | punct |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 live | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 live | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 live | aux |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 do | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 die | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 die | cc |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 die | advmod |
| 14 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 live | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 approach | punct |
| 16 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 18 approach | mark |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 approach | nsubj |
| 18 | approach | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 live | advcl |
| 19 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 23 things | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 things | det |
| 21 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 22 holy | advmod |
| 22 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 things | amod |
| 23 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 approach | obl |
| 24 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 30 go | punct |
| 25 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 go | nsubj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 sons | cc |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 sons | nmod:poss |
| 28 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 Aaron | conj |
| 29 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 go | aux |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 do | parataxis |
| 31 | in | in | ADV | _ | 30 go | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 appoint | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 appoint | cc |
| 34 | appoint | appoint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 go | conj |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 appoint | obj |
| 36 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 one | det |
| 37 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 them | appos |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 service | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 service | nmod:poss |
| 40 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 appoint | obl |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 burden | cc |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 burden | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 burden | nmod:poss |
| 44 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 service | conj |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=assert, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | unto Levites = levite; thus property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | may | Levites = levite | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not die | infinitive | Levites = levite not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | approach | present | Levites = levite | unto the holy things | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | go in | shall | Aaron and Aaron's sons | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | appoint | infinitive | Aaron and Aaron's sons not said here | Levites = levite | to Aaron's service and Aaron's burden | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme to service=Attribute | |||
| 7 | service | Aaron | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | burden | Aaron | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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
וְזֹ֣את ׀ עֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶ֗ם וְחָיוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יָמֻ֔תוּ בְּגִשְׁתָּ֖ם אֶת־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּבָנָיו֙ יָבֹ֔אוּ וְשָׂמ֣וּ אוֹתָ֗ם אִ֥ישׁ אִ֛ישׁ עַל־עֲבֹדָת֖וֹ וְאֶל־מַשָּׂאֽוֹ׃
Numbers 4:19: 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:159 of Mova's parse database.
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