Numbers 22:33 · JPS 1917
and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.'
Who acts: ass, sword, I · What happens: see, turn, slain, save · To what, where: me, thee, sword
This is Numbers 22:33 · 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, sword, I), 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 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 turned | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 turned | cc |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 9 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 8 turned | advmod |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 me | case |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 turned | obl |
| 12 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 14 times | det |
| 13 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 times | nummod |
| 14 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 turned | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 slain | punct |
| 16 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 19 turned | mark |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 turned | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 turned | aux |
| 19 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 slain | advcl |
| 20 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 19 turned | advmod |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 me | case |
| 22 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 turned | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 me | punct |
| 24 | surely | surely | ADV | _ | 29 slain | advmod |
| 25 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 slain | advmod |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 slain | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 slain | aux |
| 28 | even | even | ADV | _ | 29 slain | advmod |
| 29 | slain | slain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | parataxis |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 slain | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 saved | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 saved | cc |
| 33 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 slain | conj |
| 34 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 saved | obj |
| 35 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 saved | xcomp |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
| 37 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- changed act=narrate
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the ass | me | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | the ass not said here | before me; time | aside property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme before i=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | turn a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | sword | from me; aside property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from i=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | slain | past · perfect | I | thee | now | surely property | tree rules | ||
| 5 | save | participle | I not said here | sword | alive property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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
וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ הָֽאָת֔וֹן וַתֵּ֣ט לְפָנַ֔י זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֑ים אוּלַי֙ נָטְתָ֣ה מִפָּנַ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֛ה גַּם־אֹתְכָ֥ה הָרַ֖גְתִּי וְאוֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃
Numbers 22:33: 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:824 of Mova's parse database.
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