Numbers 18:4 · JPS 1917
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man shall not draw nigh unto you.
Who acts: common man · What happens: join, keep, not draw, charge, service · To what, where: fathers, charge, tent
This is Numbers 18:4 · 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 (common man), 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 | _ | 5 joined | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 joined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 joined | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 joined | aux:pass |
| 5 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 7 thee | case |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 joined | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keep | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 keep | cc |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 joined | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 charge | det |
| 12 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keep | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 tent | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tent | det |
| 15 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 charge | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 meeting | case |
| 17 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 tent | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 whatsoever | punct |
| 19 | whatsoever | whatsoever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 26 be | advmod |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 service | det |
| 21 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 be | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Tent | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 Tent | det |
| 24 | Tent | tent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 service | nmod |
| 25 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 be | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 keep | advcl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 draw | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 34 draw | cc |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 man | det |
| 30 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 man | amod |
| 31 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 draw | nsubj |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 draw | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 draw | advmod |
| 34 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 joined | conj |
| 35 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 34 draw | advmod |
| 36 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 37 you | case |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 draw | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 joined | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- changed voice=character, act=request, indirect=1
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | shall · passive | fathers = father | unto thee | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | the charge of the tent of meeting | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not draw | shall | a common man | unto you; nigh property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | charge | the tent of meeting | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | service | the Tent | 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
וְנִלְו֣וּ עָלֶ֔יךָ וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד לְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדַ֣ת הָאֹ֑הֶל וְזָ֖ר לֹא־יִקְרַ֥ב אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
Numbers 18:4: 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:676 of Mova's parse database.
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