--- title: Numbers 31:8 (JPS 1917) — And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi,… · tree and pragmatics description: And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Who acts: thousands. 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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 (thousands), 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:1102 # text = And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Midian Midian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 slain slain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nmod _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Evi Evi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 Rekem Rekem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Zur Zur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 Hur Hur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 Reba Reba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Midian Midian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Balaam Balaam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Beor Beor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | past | thousands *= thousand* | the kings of Midian | | | | with the rest of thousands's slain | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent king=Patient with rest=Instrument | | 2 | **slay** | past | thousands *= thousand* | Balaam | | | | with the sword | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent balaam=Patient with sword=Instrument | 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} וְאֶת־מַלְכֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן הָרְג֣וּ עַל־חַלְלֵיהֶ֗ם אֶת־אֱוִ֤י וְאֶת־רֶ֙קֶם֙ וְאֶת־צ֤וּר וְאֶת־חוּר֙ וְאֶת־רֶ֔בַע חֲמֵ֖שֶׁת מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֑ן וְאֵת֙ בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֔וֹר הָרְג֖וּ בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ [Numbers 31:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1102` 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 31:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1101/) - next →: [Numbers 31:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1103/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.8/)