Numbers 18:21 · JPS 1917
And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
Who acts: I, children · What happens: give, serve, service · To what, where: tithe, Israel, service, tent
This is Numbers 18:21 · 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, children), 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 | _ | 12 given | cc |
| 2 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 4 children | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 children | det |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 given | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Levi | case |
| 6 | Levi | Levi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 children | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 children | punct |
| 8 | behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 12 given | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 behold | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 given | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 given | aux |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 tithe | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 tithe | det |
| 15 | tithe | tithe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Israel | case |
| 17 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 tithe | nmod |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 inheritance | case |
| 19 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 inheritance | det |
| 20 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 return | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 return | case |
| 23 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 service | case |
| 25 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 service | nmod:poss |
| 26 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 return | nmod |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 serve | obj |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 serve | nsubj |
| 29 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 service | acl:relcl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 service | punct |
| 31 | even | even | ADV | _ | 33 service | advmod |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 service | det |
| 33 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 service | appos |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 tent | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 tent | det |
| 36 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 service | nmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 meeting | case |
| 38 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 tent | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 given | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect | I | all tithe | Israel | unto the children of Levi; for a inheritance; in return for children's service | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent tithe=Theme for inheritance=Asset | ||
| 2 | serve | present | children = child | children's service | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | service | children = child | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 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
וְלִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י הִנֵּ֥ה נָתַ֛תִּי כָּל־מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥ר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְנַחֲלָ֑ה חֵ֤לֶף עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣ם עֹֽבְדִ֔ים אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
Numbers 18:21: 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:693 of Mova's parse database.
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