--- title: Numbers 32:22 (JPS 1917) — and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; th… · tree and pragmatics description: and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD. Who acts: ye, land. 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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 (ye, land), 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:1170 # text = and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 subdued subdue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 afterward afterward ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **subdue** | infinitive · passive | | the land | | | before the LORD | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **return** | present | ye | | | | | afterward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | ye | | | | before the LORD; then | clear *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | shall | this land | | | | before Israel | unto you; for a possession before the LORD | 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} וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֨ה הָאָ֜רֶץ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ וְאַחַ֣ר תָּשֻׁ֔בוּ וִהְיִיתֶ֧ם נְקִיִּ֛ים מֵיְהוָ֖ה וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ֠הָיְתָה הָאָ֨רֶץ הַזֹּ֥את לָכֶ֛ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Numbers 32:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1170` 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 32:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1169/) - next →: [Numbers 32:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1171/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 32:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.22/)