--- title: Numbers 27:17 (JPS 1917) — who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who… · tree and pragmatics description: who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.' Who acts: congregation, sheep. 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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 (congregation, sheep), 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:1000 # text = who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.' 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | may | | | | | before spirits *= spirit* | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come in** | may | | | | | before spirits *= spirit* | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before they=Location | | 3 | **lead out** | may | | spirits *= spirit* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **bring in** | may | | spirits *= spirit* | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Asset | | 5 | **not** **is** | infinitive | the congregation of the LORD | | | | | as sheep | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | present | sheep | no shepherd | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=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 {#hebrew} אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֣א לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם וַאֲשֶׁ֤ר יָבֹא֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹצִיאֵ֖ם וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר יְבִיאֵ֑ם וְלֹ֤א תִהְיֶה֙ עֲדַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה כַּצֹּ֕אן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם רֹעֶֽה׃ [Numbers 27:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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