Numbers 5:21 · JPS 1917
then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell;
Who acts: priest, woman, LORD, thigh · What happens: cause, swear, say, make, fall away, swell · To what, where: woman, curse, thee, thigh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Numbers 5:21 · 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 (priest, woman, LORD, thigh), 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 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 cause | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 priest | det |
| 3 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cause | aux |
| 5 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cause | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 swear | mark |
| 9 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cause | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 oath | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 oath | det |
| 12 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swear | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 cursing | case |
| 14 | cursing | cursing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 oath | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 say | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 say | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 priest | det |
| 18 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 say | nsubj |
| 19 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 say | aux |
| 20 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cause | conj |
| 21 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 23 woman | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 woman | det |
| 23 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 say | obl |
| 24 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 27 make | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 LORD | det |
| 26 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 make | nsubj |
| 27 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 cause | parataxis |
| 28 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 make | iobj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 curse | det |
| 30 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 make | obj |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 oath | cc |
| 32 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 oath | det |
| 33 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 curse | conj |
| 34 | among | among | ADP | _ | 36 people | case |
| 35 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 36 people | nmod:poss |
| 36 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 make | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 make | punct |
| 38 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 42 make | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 LORD | det |
| 40 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 make | nsubj |
| 41 | doth | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 make | aux |
| 42 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 make | advcl |
| 43 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 thigh | nmod:poss |
| 44 | thigh | thigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 fall | mark |
| 46 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 make | xcomp |
| 47 | away | away | ADV | _ | 46 fall | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 belly | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 belly | cc |
| 50 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 belly | nmod:poss |
| 51 | belly | belly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 thigh | conj |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 swell | mark |
| 53 | swell | swell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 belly | acl |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 cause | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | shall | the priest | the woman | then | tree rules | |||
| 2 | swear | to-infinitive | the woman not said here | with the oath of cursing | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | shall | the priest | unto the woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | the LORD | a curse and a oath | thee | among thy people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary curse=Product | ||
| 5 | make | present · do-support | the LORD | thy thigh and thy belly | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | fall away | to-infinitive | thy thigh and thy belly not said here | away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 7 | swell | to-infinitive | the LORD not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «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
וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ בְּתֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃
Numbers 5:21: 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:210 of Mova's parse database.
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