Numbers 22:27 · JPS 1917
And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
Who acts: ass, anger, angel, Balaam · What happens: see, lie down, kindle, smite, anger · To what, where: angel, Balaam, anger, ass
This is Numbers 22:27 · 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, Balaam), 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 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 lay | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lay | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 lay | nsubj |
| 13 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 14 | down | down | ADV | _ | 13 lay | advmod |
| 15 | under | under | ADP | _ | 16 Balaam | case |
| 16 | Balaam | Balaam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 lay | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 kindled | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 kindled | cc |
| 19 | Balaam | Balaam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 anger | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 Balaam | case |
| 21 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 kindled | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 kindled | aux:pass |
| 23 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 saw | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 smote | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 smote | cc |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 smote | nsubj |
| 27 | smote | smite | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 ass | det |
| 29 | ass | ass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 smote | obj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 staff | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 staff | nmod:poss |
| 32 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 smote | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | 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 | lie down | past | anger | Balaam | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under balaam=Location | |||
| 3 | kindle | past · passive | Balaam's anger | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | smite | past | angel | the ass | with angel's staff | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ass=Patient with staff=Instrument | |||
| 5 | anger | Balaam | nom anger «feeling 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
וַתֵּ֤רֶא הָֽאָתוֹן֙ אֶת־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּרְבַּ֖ץ תַּ֣חַת בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֣ף בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הָאָת֖וֹן בַּמַּקֵּֽל׃
Numbers 22:27: 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:818 of Mova's parse database.
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