--- title: Numbers 3:13 (JPS 1917) — for all the first-born are Mine: on the day that I smote all the fir… · tree and pragmatics description: for all the first-born are Mine: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto Me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast, Mine they shall be: I am the LORD.' Who acts: first born, I, Levites. 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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 (first born, I, Levites), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:NUM:100 # text = for all the first-born are Mine: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto Me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast, Mine they shall be: I am the LORD.' 1 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 Mine mine PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hallowed hallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 amod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 born born NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 both both CCONJ CC _ 39 cc:preconj _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 Mine mine PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 parataxis _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | all first born | Mine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smite** | past | I | the day | | the land of Egypt | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus born=Experiencer | | 3 | **hallow** | past | I | all first born | | Israel | day | unto Me | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | shall | Levites | Mine | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#hebrew} כִּ֣י לִי֮ כָּל־בְּכוֹר֒ בְּיוֹם֩ הַכֹּתִ֨י כָל־בְּכ֜וֹר בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֗יִם הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי לִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאָדָ֖ם עַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה לִ֥י יִהְי֖וּ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ס [Numbers 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:100` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Numbers 3:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.99/) - next →: [Numbers 3:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.101/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 3:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.13/)