Numbers 16:9 · JPS 1917
is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them;
Who acts: it, God · What happens: be, separate, bring, do, stand, minister · To what, where: small thing, you, God, service, congregation, tabernacle
This is Numbers 16:9 · 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 (it, God), 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | but | but | ADV | _ | 6 thing | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 thing | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 separated | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 separated | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 God | det |
| 12 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 separated | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Israel | case |
| 14 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 God | nmod |
| 15 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 separated | aux |
| 16 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 thing | csubj |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 separated | obj |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 congregation | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 congregation | det |
| 20 | congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 separated | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Israel | case |
| 22 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 congregation | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 bring | punct |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 bring | mark |
| 25 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 separated | advcl |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 bring | obj |
| 27 | near | near | ADV | _ | 25 bring | advmod |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 Himself | case |
| 29 | Himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 25 bring | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 do | punct |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 do | mark |
| 32 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 bring | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 service | det |
| 34 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 do | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 tabernacle | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 tabernacle | det |
| 37 | tabernacle | tabernacle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 service | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 LORD | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 LORD | det |
| 40 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 tabernacle | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 stand | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 stand | cc |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 stand | mark |
| 44 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 do | conj |
| 45 | before | before | ADP | _ | 47 congregation | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 congregation | det |
| 47 | congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 stand | obl |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 minister | mark |
| 49 | minister | minister | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 stand | advcl |
| 50 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 51 them | case |
| 51 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 minister | obl |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 thing | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- other
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a small thing | unto you; but property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | separate | present · perfect | the God of Israel | you | from the congregation of Israel | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient from congregation=Co-Patient | |||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | the God of Israel not said here | you | God | near property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to himself=Destination | ||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | the God of Israel not said here | the service of the tabernacle of the LORD | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | stand | to-infinitive | the God of Israel not said here | the congregation | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before congregation=Location | ||||
| 6 | minister | to-infinitive | the God of Israel not said here | unto censors = censor | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | service | the tabernacle of the LORD | 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
הַמְעַ֣ט מִכֶּ֗ם כִּֽי־הִבְדִּיל֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַקְרִ֥יב אֶתְכֶ֖ם אֵלָ֑יו לַעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן יְהוָ֔ה וְלַעֲמֹ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לְשָׁרְתָֽם׃
Numbers 16:9: 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:618 of Mova's parse database.
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