--- title: Numbers 32:5 (JPS 1917) — And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.' Who acts: land, we, thy. 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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 (land, we, thy), 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:1153 # text = And they said: 'If we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 10 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 15 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | land | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | we | favour | | thy sight | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | this land | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | infinitive · passive | this land *not said here* | | | | | unto thy servants; for a possession | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: for possession=Asset | | 5 | **not** **bring** | infinitive | | | us | the Jordan | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination | | 6 | **sight** | | thy | | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אִם־מָצָ֤אנוּ חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ יֻתַּ֞ן אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את לַעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה אַל־תַּעֲבִרֵ֖נוּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ [Numbers 32:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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