Numbers 19:9 · JPS 1917
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification from sin.
Who acts: man, camp · What happens: be, gather up, lay up, keep · To what, where: ashes, clean place, camp, purification, sin
This is Numbers 19:9 · 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 (man, camp), 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 gather | cc |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | _ | 8 gather | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 clean | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | _ | 6 clean | cop |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | acl:relcl |
| 7 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 gather | aux |
| 8 | gather | gather | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 gather | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ashes | det |
| 11 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gather | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 heifer | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 heifer | det |
| 14 | heifer | heifer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ashes | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 lay | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 lay | cc |
| 17 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 gather | conj |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 lay | obj |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 17 lay | compound:prt |
| 20 | without | without | ADP | _ | 22 camp | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 camp | det |
| 22 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lay | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 place | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 place | det |
| 25 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 place | amod |
| 26 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 lay | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 kept | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 kept | cc |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | shall | shall | AUX | _ | 32 kept | aux |
| 31 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 kept | aux:pass |
| 32 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 gather | conj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 congregation | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 congregation | det |
| 35 | congregation | congregation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 kept | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 children | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 children | det |
| 38 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 congregation | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Israel | case |
| 40 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 children | nmod |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 water | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 water | det |
| 43 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 kept | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 sprinkling | case |
| 45 | sprinkling | sprinkle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 water | nmod |
| 46 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 purification | punct |
| 47 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 purification | nsubj |
| 48 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 50 purification | cop |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 purification | det |
| 50 | purification | purification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gather | parataxis |
| 51 | from | from | ADP | _ | 52 sin | case |
| 52 | sin | sin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 purification | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 gather | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a man | clean property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | gather up | shall | a man | the ashes of the heifer | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | ||||
| 3 | lay up | infinitive | a man not said here | ashes = ash | a clean place | without the camp | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in place=Destination | ||
| 4 | keep | shall · passive | camp | for the congregation of the children of Israel; for a water of sprinkling | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | camp | a purification | sin | tree rules |
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
וְאָסַ֣ף ׀ אִ֣ישׁ טָה֗וֹר אֵ֚ת אֵ֣פֶר הַפָּרָ֔ה וְהִנִּ֛יחַ מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה בְּמָק֣וֹם טָה֑וֹר וְ֠הָיְתָה לַעֲדַ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לְמִשְׁמֶ֛רֶת לְמֵ֥י נִדָּ֖ה חַטָּ֥את הִֽוא׃
Numbers 19:9: 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:713 of Mova's parse database.
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