Numbers 22:25 · JPS 1917
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her again.
Who acts: ass, anger, angel · What happens: see, thrust, crush, smite · To what, where: angel, anger, foot
This is Numbers 22:25 · 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 (ass, anger, angel), 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 | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ass | det |
| 3 | ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 angel | det |
| 6 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 LORD | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 LORD | det |
| 9 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 angel | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thrust | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 thrust | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 thrust | nsubj |
| 13 | thrust | thrust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 14 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 thrust | obj |
| 15 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 17 wall | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 wall | det |
| 17 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thrust | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 crushed | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 crushed | cc |
| 20 | crushed | crush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 thrust | conj |
| 21 | Balaam | Balaam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 foot | nmod:poss |
| 22 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 21 Balaam | case |
| 23 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 crushed | obj |
| 24 | against | against | ADP | _ | 26 wall | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 wall | det |
| 26 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 crushed | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 smote | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 smote | cc |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 smote | nsubj |
| 30 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 smote | obj |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 30 smote | advmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | 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 | see | past | the ass | the angel of the LORD | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer angel=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | thrust | past | anger | anger | unto the wall | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | |||
| 3 | crush | past | anger not said here | Balaam's foot | against the wall | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | |||
| 4 | smite | past | angel | anger | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
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
וַתֵּ֨רֶא הָאָת֜וֹן אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה וַתִּלָּחֵץ֙ אֶל־הַקִּ֔יר וַתִּלְחַ֛ץ אֶת־רֶ֥גֶל בִּלְעָ֖ם אֶל־הַקִּ֑יר וַיֹּ֖סֶף לְהַכֹּתָֽהּ׃
Numbers 22:25: 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:816 of Mova's parse database.
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