Numbers 22:6 · JPS 1917
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.'
Who acts: you, I, people, we, thou · What happens: come, pray, curse, be, prevail, smite · To what, where: thee, people, me, land, Balak · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Numbers 22:6 · 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 (you, I, people, we), 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 | Come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Come | advmod |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 1 Come | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pray | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 pray | nsubj |
| 6 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Come | parataxis |
| 7 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 pray | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 curse | punct |
| 9 | curse | curse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Come | conj |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 curse | iobj |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 people | det |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 curse | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 mighty | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 18 mighty | mark |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 mighty | nsubj |
| 16 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 mighty | cop |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 18 mighty | advmod |
| 18 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Come | advcl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 me | case |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 mighty | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 peradventure | punct |
| 22 | peradventure | peradventure | ADV | _ | 25 prevail | advmod |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 prevail | nsubj |
| 24 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 prevail | aux |
| 25 | prevail | prevail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Come | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 smite | punct |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 smite | mark |
| 28 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 smite | nsubj |
| 29 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 30 smite | aux |
| 30 | smite | smite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 prevail | ccomp |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 smite | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 drive | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 drive | cc |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 drive | mark |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 drive | nsubj |
| 36 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 drive | aux |
| 37 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 smite | conj |
| 38 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 drive | obj |
| 39 | out | out | ADP | _ | 42 land | case |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 land | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 land | det |
| 42 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 drive | obl |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 know | punct |
| 44 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 46 know | mark |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 know | nsubj |
| 46 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Come | advcl |
| 47 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 53 blessed | mark |
| 48 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 blessed | nsubj:pass |
| 49 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 blessest | obj |
| 50 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 51 blessest | nsubj |
| 51 | blessest | bless | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 he | acl:relcl |
| 52 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 53 blessed | aux:pass |
| 53 | blessed | bless | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 know | ccomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 cursed | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 cursed | cc |
| 56 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 57 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 cursest | obj |
| 58 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 59 cursest | nsubj |
| 59 | cursest | curse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 he | acl:relcl |
| 60 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 61 cursed | aux:pass |
| 61 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 53 blessed | conj |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Come | punct |
| 63 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 1 Come | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | imperative | you not said here | now | therefore property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | curse | infinitive | you not said here | this people | me | tree rules | |||
| 4 | is | present | people | for me; mighty property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | prevail | shall | I | peradventure property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | smite | may | we | people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | drive | may | I | people | the land | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out land=Trajectory | |||
| 8 | know | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | bless | present | thou | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | |||||
| 10 | bless | present · passive | Balak | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 11 | curse | present | thou | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | |||||
| 12 | curse | present · passive | Balak | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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
וְעַתָּה֩ לְכָה־נָּ֨א אָֽרָה־לִּ֜י אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כִּֽי־עָצ֥וּם הוּא֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי אוּלַ֤י אוּכַל֙ נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙ מְבֹרָ֔ךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּאֹ֖ר יוּאָֽר׃
Numbers 22:6: 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:797 of Mova's parse database.
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