Numbers 18:17 · JPS 1917
But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt dash their blood against the altar, and shalt make their fat smoke for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Who acts: thou, things · What happens: not redeem, be, dash, make, smoke · To what, where: blood, fat smoke, offering
This is Numbers 18:17 · 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 (thou, things), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 redeem | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 firstling | det |
| 3 | firstling | firstling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 redeem | dislocated |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 ox | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ox | det |
| 6 | ox | ox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 firstling | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 firstling | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 firstling | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 firstling | det |
| 10 | firstling | firstling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 firstling | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sheep | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sheep | det |
| 13 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 firstling | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 firstling | punct |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 firstling | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 firstling | det |
| 17 | firstling | firstling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 firstling | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 goat | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 goat | det |
| 20 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 firstling | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 firstling | punct |
| 22 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 redeem | nsubj |
| 23 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 25 redeem | aux |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 redeem | advmod |
| 25 | redeem | redeem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 holy | punct |
| 27 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 holy | nsubj |
| 28 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 holy | cop |
| 29 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 redeem | parataxis |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 dash | punct |
| 31 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 33 dash | nsubj |
| 32 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 33 dash | aux |
| 33 | dash | dash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 redeem | parataxis |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 blood | nmod:poss |
| 35 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 dash | obj |
| 36 | against | against | ADP | _ | 38 altar | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 altar | det |
| 38 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 dash | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 make | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 make | conj |
| 41 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 42 make | aux |
| 42 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 dash | conj |
| 43 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 smoke | nmod:poss |
| 44 | fat | fat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 smoke | amod |
| 45 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obj |
| 46 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 offering | case |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 offering | det |
| 48 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obl |
| 49 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 offering | acl |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 51 fire | case |
| 51 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 made | obl:agent |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 savour | punct |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 56 savour | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 savour | det |
| 55 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 savour | amod |
| 56 | savour | savour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 make | obl |
| 57 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 59 LORD | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 LORD | det |
| 59 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 savour | nmod |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 redeem | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not redeem | shall | thou | the firstling of a ox or the firstling of a sheep or the firstling of a goat dislocated | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | things = thing | holy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | dash | shall | thou | things's blood | against the altar | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent blood=Instrument against altar=Patient | |||
| 4 | make | shall | thou not said here | things's fat smoke | for a offering; for a sweet savour unto the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent smoke=Product for offering=Asset | |||
| 5 | make | participle | a offering not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 6 | smoke | things = thing | nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
אַ֣ךְ בְּֽכוֹר־שׁ֡וֹר אֽוֹ־בְכ֨וֹר כֶּ֜שֶׂב אֽוֹ־בְכ֥וֹר עֵ֛ז לֹ֥א תִפְדֶּ֖ה קֹ֣דֶשׁ הֵ֑ם אֶת־דָּמָ֞ם תִּזְרֹ֤ק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ וְאֶת־חֶלְבָּ֣ם תַּקְטִ֔יר אִשֶּׁ֛ה לְרֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃
Numbers 18:17: 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:689 of Mova's parse database.
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