Numbers 8:19 · JPS 1917
And I have given the Levites — they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, through the children of Israel coming nigh unto the sanctuary.'
Who acts: I, plague, children · What happens: give, do, make, be, come, service · To what, where: Levites, Aaron, service, tent, atonement, children
This is Numbers 8:19 · 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 (I, plague, children), 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 given | cc |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 given | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Levites | det |
| 6 | Levites | Levites | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 given | obj |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 given | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 given | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | aux:pass |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 given | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Aaron | case |
| 12 | Aaron | Aaron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 given | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sons | cc |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 sons | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sons | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Aaron | conj |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 children | case |
| 18 | among | among | ADP | _ | 20 children | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 children | det |
| 20 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 given | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Israel | case |
| 22 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 children | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 do | punct |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 do | mark |
| 25 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 given | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 service | det |
| 27 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 do | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 children | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 children | det |
| 30 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 service | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Israel | case |
| 32 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 children | nmod |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 tent | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 tent | det |
| 35 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 do | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 meeting | case |
| 37 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 tent | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 make | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 make | cc |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 make | mark |
| 41 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 do | conj |
| 42 | atonement | atonement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 make | obj |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 children | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 children | det |
| 45 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 make | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Israel | case |
| 47 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 children | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 be | punct |
| 49 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 be | mark |
| 50 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 51 be | expl |
| 51 | be | be | VERB | Mood=Sub Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 41 make | advcl |
| 52 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 53 plague | det |
| 53 | plague | plague | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 be | nsubj |
| 54 | among | among | ADP | _ | 56 children | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 children | det |
| 56 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 plague | nmod |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Israel | case |
| 58 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 children | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 children | punct |
| 60 | through | through | ADP | _ | 62 children | case |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 children | det |
| 62 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 be | obl |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 Israel | case |
| 64 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 children | nmod |
| 65 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 62 children | acl |
| 66 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 65 coming | advmod |
| 67 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 69 sanctuary | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 sanctuary | det |
| 69 | sanctuary | sanctuary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 coming | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| 71 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect | I | the Levites | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent levites=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | present · passive | Levites | Aaron and Aaron's sons | from the children of Israel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to aaron=Recipient | |||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | the service of the children of Israel | the tent of meeting | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | make | to-infinitive | atonement | for the children of Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for child=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | be | present | no plague among the children of Israel | there | through the children of Israel | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through child=Location | |||
| 6 | come | gerund | the children of Israel not said here | unto the sanctuary; nigh property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | service | the children of Israel | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |
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
וָאֶתְּנָ֨ה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֜ם נְתֻנִ֣ים ׀ לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן וּלְבָנָ֗יו מִתּוֹךְ֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לַעֲבֹ֞ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וּלְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֨א יִהְיֶ֜ה בִּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נֶ֔גֶף בְּגֶ֥שֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃
Numbers 8:19: 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:368 of Mova's parse database.
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