--- title: Numbers 27:21 (JPS 1917) — And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.' 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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, priest, children), 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:1004 # text = And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Eleazar Eleazar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Urim Urim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 31 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 40 in in ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 both both CCONJ CC _ 43 cc:preconj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 even even ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | shall | congregation | | | Eleazar | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before eleazar=Location | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | shall | the priest | | | | before the LORD | for congregation; by the judgment of the Urim | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go out** | shall | children *= child* | | | congregation's word | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **come in** | shall | children *= child* | | | congregation's word | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at word=Location | | 5 | **judge** | | | the Urim | | | | | nom judgment «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **word** | | congregation | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **word** | | congregation | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְלִפְנֵ֨י אֶלְעָזָ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְשָׁ֥אַל ל֛וֹ בְּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט הָאוּרִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה עַל־פִּ֨יו יֵצְא֜וּ וְעַל־פִּ֣יו יָבֹ֗אוּ ה֛וּא וְכָל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אִתּ֖וֹ וְכָל־הָעֵדָֽה׃ [Numbers 27:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1004` 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 27:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1003/) - next →: [Numbers 27:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1005/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 27:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.21/)