Numbers 22:31 · JPS 1917
Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
Who acts: LORD, angel, Balaam · What happens: open, see, stand, draw, bow, fall · To what, where: eyes, angel, way, sword, hand, head
This is Numbers 22:31 · 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 (LORD, 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 opened | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 LORD | det |
| 3 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 opened | nsubj |
| 4 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eyes | det |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 opened | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Balaam | case |
| 8 | Balaam | Balaam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 eyes | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saw | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 saw | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 saw | nsubj |
| 12 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 opened | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 angel | det |
| 14 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 LORD | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 LORD | det |
| 17 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 angel | nmod |
| 18 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 angel | acl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 way | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 way | det |
| 21 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 standing | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 sword | punct |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 sword | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 sword | nmod:poss |
| 25 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saw | obl |
| 26 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 sword | acl |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 hand | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 drawn | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 bowed | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 bowed | cc |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 bowed | nsubj |
| 33 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 opened | conj |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 head | nmod:poss |
| 35 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bowed | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 fell | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 fell | cc |
| 38 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 bowed | conj |
| 39 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 face | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 face | nmod:poss |
| 41 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 fell | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 opened | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past | the LORD | the eyes of Balaam | then | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | past | LORD | the angel of the LORD | with Balaam's sword | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer angel=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | stand | gerund | the angel of the LORD not said here | the way | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | ||||
| 4 | draw | participle | Balaam's sword not said here | Balaam's hand | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hand=Destination | ||||
| 5 | bow | past | Balaam | Balaam's head | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | ||||
| 6 | fall | past | Balaam not said here | Balaam's face | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on face=Location |
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
וַיְגַ֣ל יְהוָה֮ אֶת־עֵינֵ֣י בִלְעָם֒ וַיַּ֞רְא אֶת־מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ נִצָּ֣ב בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וְחַרְבּ֥וֹ שְׁלֻפָ֖ה בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיִּקֹּ֥ד וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לְאַפָּֽיו׃
Numbers 22:31: 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:822 of Mova's parse database.
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