Numbers 24:17 · JPS 1917

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth.

Who acts: I, scepter · What happens: see, behold, step, rise, smite, break down · To what, where: LORD, star, Jacob, Israel, corners, sons

This is Numbers 24:17 · 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 (I, scepter), 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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 see	nsubj
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 see	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 now	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 now	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 now	advmod
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 see	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 behold	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 behold	nsubj
10	behold	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 see	parataxis
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 behold	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nigh	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 nigh	cc
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 nigh	advmod
15	nigh	nigh	ADV	_	10 behold	conj
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 step	punct
17	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	19 step	expl
18	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 step	aux
19	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 see	parataxis
20	forth	forth	ADV	_	19 step	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 star	det
22	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 step	obj
23	out	out	ADP	_	25 Jacob	case
24	of	of	ADP	_	25 Jacob	case
25	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 step	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 rise	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 rise	cc
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 scepter	det
29	scepter	scepter	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 rise	nsubj
30	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	31 rise	aux
31	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 step	conj
32	out	out	ADP	_	34 Israel	case
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 Israel	case
34	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 rise	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 smite	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 smite	cc
37	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	38 smite	aux
38	smite	smite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 rise	conj
39	through	through	ADP	_	41 corners	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 corners	det
41	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 smite	obl
42	of	of	ADP	_	43 Moab	case
43	Moab	Moab	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 corners	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 break	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 break	cc
46	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 smite	conj
47	down	down	ADP	_	46 break	compound:prt
48	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	50 sons	det:predet
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 sons	det
50	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 break	obj
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Seth	case
52	Seth	Seth	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 sons	nmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 see	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: changed polarity=none

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	present	I	LORD			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	behold	present	I	LORD			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	step	shall		a star	Jacob; there	forth property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location star=Theme
4	rise	shall	a scepter		Israel		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out israel=Location
5	smite	shall	a scepter not said here		the corners of Moab		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	break down	infinitive	a scepter not said here	all sons of Seth			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient

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

אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃

Numbers 24:17: 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:884 of Mova's parse database.

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