Numbers 13:32 · JPS 1917
And they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
Who acts: men, we, land, people · What happens: spread, spy out, say, pass, be, eat up · To what, where: evil report, land, inhabitants, people, men · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Numbers 13:32 · 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 (men, we, land, people), 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 | _ | 3 spread | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 report | det |
| 5 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 report | amod |
| 6 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 land | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 land | det |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 report | nmod |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 spied | obj |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 spied | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 spied | aux |
| 13 | spied | spy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 land | acl:relcl |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 spied | compound:prt |
| 15 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 17 children | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 children | det |
| 17 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 spied | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Israel | case |
| 19 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 children | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 saying | punct |
| 21 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 spread | advcl |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 21 saying | punct |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 39 land | punct |
| 24 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 land | det |
| 25 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 land | nsubj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 passed | punct |
| 27 | through | through | ADP | _ | 28 which | case |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 passed | obl |
| 29 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 passed | nsubj |
| 30 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 passed | aux |
| 31 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 25 land | acl:relcl |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 spy | mark |
| 33 | spy | spy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 passed | xcomp |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 spy | obj |
| 35 | out | out | ADP | _ | 33 spy | compound:prt |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 land | punct |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 land | cop |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 land | det |
| 39 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 saying | ccomp |
| 40 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 eateth | nsubj |
| 41 | eateth | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 land | acl:relcl |
| 42 | up | up | ADP | _ | 41 eateth | compound:prt |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 inhabitants | det |
| 44 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 eateth | obj |
| 45 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 41 eateth | advmod |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 57 men | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 men | cc |
| 48 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 50 people | det:predet |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 people | det |
| 50 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 men | nsubj |
| 51 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 saw | obj |
| 52 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 saw | nsubj |
| 53 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 people | acl:relcl |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 it | case |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 saw | obl |
| 56 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 57 men | cop |
| 57 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 land | conj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 stature | case |
| 59 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 stature | amod |
| 60 | stature | stature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 men | nmod |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spread | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- evaluate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed polarity=neg
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | past | men = man | a evil report of the land | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location report=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spy out | past · perfect | men = man | the land | unto the children of Israel | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | gerund | men = man not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | pass | present · perfect | we | the land | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | spy out | to-infinitive | we not said here | land | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | the land | a land and men | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | eat up | present | a land and men | the inhabitants | thereof property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Patient | |||
| 8 | see | past | we | all people | land | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | |||
| 9 | is a | present | all people | men | of great stature | tree rules | |||
| 10 | report | the land | nom report «communication 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
וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּ דִּבַּ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּר֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הָאָ֡רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ עָבַ֨רְנוּ בָ֜הּ לָת֣וּר אֹתָ֗הּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֹכֶ֤לֶת יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ הִ֔וא וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֥ינוּ בְתוֹכָ֖הּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י מִדּֽוֹת׃
Numbers 13:32: 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:520 of Mova's parse database.
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