--- title: Numbers 32:1 (JPS 1917) — Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle, Who acts: children, place. 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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 (children, place), 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:1149 # text = Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle, 1 Now now ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Reuben Reuben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Gad Gad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Jazer Jazer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 behold behold INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 11 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 | **have** | past | the children of Reuben and the children of Gad | a great multitude of cattle | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent multitude=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | children *= child* | the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | the place | a place | | | | for cattle | 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} וּמִקְנֶ֣ה ׀ רַ֗ב הָיָ֞ה לִבְנֵ֧י רְאוּבֵ֛ן וְלִבְנֵי־גָ֖ד עָצ֣וּם מְאֹ֑ד וַיִּרְא֞וּ אֶת־אֶ֤רֶץ יַעְזֵר֙ וְאֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ גִּלְעָ֔ד וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַמָּק֖וֹם מְק֥וֹם מִקְנֶֽה׃ [Numbers 32:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1149` 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 31:54 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1148/) - next →: [Numbers 32:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1150/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 32:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.1/)