Numbers 18:6 · JPS 1917
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; for you they are given as a gift unto the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
Who acts: I · What happens: take, give, do, service · To what, where: brethren, children, service, tent
This is Numbers 18:6 · 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), 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 | _ | 8 taken | cc |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 taken | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 I | punct |
| 4 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 8 taken | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 behold | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 taken | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | aux |
| 8 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 10 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 taken | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Levites | det |
| 12 | Levites | Levite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 brethren | appos |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 children | case |
| 14 | among | among | ADP | _ | 16 children | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 children | det |
| 16 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 taken | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Israel | case |
| 18 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 children | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 given | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 you | case |
| 21 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 24 given | obl |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 given | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 given | aux:pass |
| 24 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 taken | parataxis |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 27 gift | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 gift | det |
| 27 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 given | obl |
| 28 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 30 LORD | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 LORD | det |
| 30 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 given | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 do | punct |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 do | mark |
| 33 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 given | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 service | det |
| 35 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 do | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 tent | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 tent | det |
| 38 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 service | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 meeting | case |
| 40 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 tent | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · perfect | I | your brethren | from the children of Israel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent brethren=Theme from child=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | give | present · passive | children = child | for you; as a gift; unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for you=Asset | ||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | the service of the tent of meeting | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | service | the tent of meeting | 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
וַאֲנִ֗י הִנֵּ֤ה לָקַ֙חְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֲחֵיכֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִתּ֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָכֶ֞ם מַתָּנָ֤ה נְתֻנִים֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לַעֲבֹ֕ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
Numbers 18:6: 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:678 of Mova's parse database.
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