Numbers 22:34 · JPS 1917
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.'
Who acts: Balaam, I, thou, way · What happens: say, sin, not know, stand, displease, get back · To what, where: way, thee, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Numbers 22:34 · 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 (Balaam, I, thou, way), 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 | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | Balaam | Balaam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 angel | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 angel | det |
| 6 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 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 | _ | 14 sinned | punct |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 14 sinned | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 sinned | nsubj |
| 13 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sinned | aux |
| 14 | sinned | sin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 said | ccomp |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 knew | punct |
| 16 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 18 knew | mark |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 knew | nsubj |
| 18 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 sinned | advcl |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 knew | advmod |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 stoodest | mark |
| 21 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 stoodest | nsubj |
| 22 | stoodest | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 knew | ccomp |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 way | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 way | det |
| 25 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 stoodest | obl |
| 26 | against | against | ADP | _ | 27 me | case |
| 27 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 stoodest | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 get | punct |
| 29 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 39 get | advmod |
| 30 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 39 get | advmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 displease | punct |
| 32 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 34 displease | mark |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 displease | nsubj |
| 34 | displease | displease | VERB | Mood=Sub Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 get | advcl |
| 35 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 displease | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 displease | punct |
| 37 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 get | nsubj |
| 38 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 get | aux |
| 39 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 sinned | ccomp |
| 40 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 get | obj |
| 41 | back | back | ADV | _ | 39 get | advmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 43 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- express
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=express
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Balaam | unto the angel of the LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sin | present · perfect | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not know | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | stand | past | thou | the way | against me | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in way=Location | |||
| 5 | displease a condition, not said to happen | present | way | thee | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | get back | future | I | me | now | therefore property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם אֶל־מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ חָטָ֔אתִי כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י אַתָּ֛ה נִצָּ֥ב לִקְרָאתִ֖י בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וְעַתָּ֛ה אִם־רַ֥ע בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ אָשׁ֥וּבָה לִּֽי׃
Numbers 22:34: 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:825 of Mova's parse database.
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