--- title: Numbers 22:33 — and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; un… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics description: 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. 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The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — ass, sword, I — and what happens in the verse to me, thee, sword, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Onkelos and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 36 chapters of Numbers on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between. וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ הָֽאָת֔וֹן וַתֵּ֣ט לְפָנַ֔י זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֑ים אוּלַי֙ נָטְתָ֣ה מִפָּנַ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֛ה גַּם־אֹתְכָ֥ה הָרַ֖גְתִּי וְאוֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ [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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.824/) ## The tree {#tree} Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss. ```conllu rtl gloss # sent_id = wlc:NUM:803 # text = וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ הָֽאָת֔וֹן וַתֵּ֣ט לְפָנַ֔י זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֑ים אוּלַי֙ נָטְתָ֣ה מִפָּנַ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֛ה גַּם־אֹתְכָ֥ה הָרַ֖גְתִּי וְאוֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ # verse = NUM.22.33 1-3 וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 2 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:33!1|MId=o040220330011|Strong=2050b 2 תִּרְא רָאָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 0 root _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_22:33!1|MId=o040220330012|Strong=7200|Frame=A1:040220330013;A0:040220330022;|Type=wayyiqtol 3 ַ֙נִי֙ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ Gloss=saw.me|Ref=NUM_22:33!1|MId=o040220330013|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal 4-5 הָֽאָת֔וֹן _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 הָֽ הַ DET _ PronType=Art 5 det _ Gloss=the|Ref=NUM_22:33!2|MId=o040220330021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article 5 אָת֔וֹן אָתוֹן NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ Gloss=donkey|Ref=NUM_22:33!2|MId=o040220330022|Strong=0860 6-7 וַתֵּ֣ט _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6 וַ וְ CCONJ _ _ 7 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:33!3|MId=o040220330031|Strong=2050b 7 תֵּ֣ט נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 2 conj _ Gloss=it.turned.aside|Ref=NUM_22:33!3|MId=o040220330032|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:040220330022;|Type=wayyiqtol 8-10 לְפָנַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 לְ לְ ADP _ _ 9 case _ Gloss=before|Ref=NUM_22:33!4|MId=o040220330041|Strong=3807a 9 פָנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:33!4|MId=o040220330042|Strong=6440 10 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_22:33!4|MId=o040220330043|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 11 זֶ֖ה זֶה DET _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ Gloss=this|Ref=NUM_22:33!5|MId=o040220330051|Strong=2088|Type=demonstrative 12 שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁלֹשׁ NUM _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing 13 nummod _ Gloss=three|Ref=NUM_22:33!6|MId=o040220330061|Strong=7969|Type=cardinal_number 13 רְגָלִ֑ים רֶגֶל NOUN _ Gender=Fem|Number=Plur 7 obl _ Gloss=feet|Ref=NUM_22:33!7|MId=o040220330071|Strong=7272 14 אוּלַי֙ אוּלַי ADV _ _ 15 advmod _ Gloss=perhaps|Ref=NUM_22:33!8|MId=o040220330081|Strong=0194 15 נָטְתָ֣ה נָטָה VERB _ Gender=Fem|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3 24 parataxis _ Gloss=it.had.turned.aside|Ref=NUM_22:33!9|MId=o040220330091|Strong=5186|Frame=A0:040220330022;|Type=qatal 16-18 מִפָּנַ֔י _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 מִ מִן ADP _ _ 17 case _ Gloss=from|Ref=NUM_22:33!10|MId=o040220330101|Strong=4480 17 פָּנ פָּנֶה NOUN _ Number=Plur 15 obl _ Gloss=before|Ref=NUM_22:33!10|MId=o040220330102|Strong=6440 18 ַ֔י הוּא PRON _ Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ Gloss=me|Ref=NUM_22:33!10|MId=o040220330103|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal 19 כִּ֥י כִּי SCONJ _ _ 24 mark _ Gloss=(dm)|Ref=NUM_22:33!11|MId=o040220330111|Strong=3588 20 עַתָּ֛ה עַתָּה ADV _ _ 24 advmod _ Gloss=now|Ref=NUM_22:33!12|MId=o040220330121|Strong=6258 21 גַּם־ גַּם ADV _ _ 23 advmod _ Gloss=also|Ref=NUM_22:33!13|MId=o040220330131|Strong=1571|Type=affirmation|SpaceAfter=No 22-23 אֹתְכָ֥ה _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22 אֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 23 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:33!14|MId=o040220330141|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 23 ְכָ֥ה הוּא PRON _ Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ Gloss=you|Ref=NUM_22:33!14|MId=o040220330142|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal 24 הָרַ֖גְתִּי הָרַג VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1 2 parataxis _ Gloss=I.killed|Ref=NUM_22:33!15|MId=o040220330151|Strong=2026|Frame=A0:040220320031;A1:040220330142;|Type=qatal 25-27 וְאוֹתָ֥הּ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 25 וְ וְ CCONJ _ _ 28 cc _ Gloss=and|Ref=NUM_22:33!16|MId=o040220330161|Strong=2050b 26 אוֹת אֵת ADP _ _ 27 case _ Gloss=|Ref=NUM_22:33!16|MId=o040220330162|Strong=0853|Type=direct_object_marker 27 ָ֥הּ הוּא PRON _ Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ Gloss=it|Ref=NUM_22:33!16|MId=o040220330163|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal 28 הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי חָיָה VERB _ Gender=Com|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=1 24 conj _ Gloss=I.preserved.alive|Ref=NUM_22:33!17|MId=o040220330171|Strong=2421|Frame=AA:040220320031;A0:040220330163;|Type=qatal|SpaceAfter=No 29 ׃ ׃ PUNCT _ _ 28 punct _ Ref=NUM_22:33!17 ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - speech: inside a quote begun earlier - negation: no | verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | תִּרְא *it* | wayyiqtol · qal | אָתוֹן *donkey* | ַנִי *saw me* | | | | תֵּט *it turned aside* | wayyiqtol · qal | אָתוֹן *donkey* | | | | | נָטְתָה *it had turned aside* | qatal · qal | אָתוֹן *donkey* | | | | | הָרַגְתִּי *I killed* | qatal · qal | | ְכָה *you* | | | | הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי *I preserved alive* | qatal · hiphil | ָהּ *it* | | | | MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen. ## Targum Onkelos {#onkelos} וַחֲזַתְנִי אֲתָּנָא וּסְטַת מִן קֳדָמַי דְנַן תְּלַת זִמְנִין אִילוּפוֹן לָא סְטַּת מִן קֳדָמַי אֲרֵי כְעַן אַף יָתָךְ קְטָלִית וְיָתַהּ קַיֵימִית The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet. ## English, JPS 1917 {#english} Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in. 1. [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.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.824/) **Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain. **English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License). 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