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title: Numbers 32:29 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children o… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; Who acts: Moses, children, man, 
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# Numbers 32:29 · JPS 1917

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And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

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**Who acts:** Moses, children, man, ye · **What happens:** say, pass, be, battle, subdue, give · **To what, where:** Jordan, land, Moses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Numbers 32:29 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Moses, children, man, ye), 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:1177
# text = And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	50	punct	_	_
8	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Gad	Gad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Reuben	Reuben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	advcl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
22	over	over	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	det	_	_
27	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
28	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	acl:relcl	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	battle	battle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	before	before	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
44	before	before	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
48	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	50	nsubj	_	_
49	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
51	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	iobj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Gilead	Gilead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	for	for	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
59	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses |  |  |  |  | unto servants *= servant* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pass** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | the children of Gad and the children of Reuben |  |  | the Jordan |  | with you | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over jordan=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | every man |  |  |  | before the LORD | armed *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **battle** | to-infinitive | every man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **subdue** | shall · passive |  | the land |  |  | before you |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **give** | shall | ye | the land of Gilead | Moses |  | then | for a possession | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Recipient land=Theme for possession=Asset |

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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}

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֲלֵהֶ֗ם אִם־יַעַבְר֣וּ בְנֵי־גָ֣ד וּבְנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֣ן ׀ אִ֠תְּכֶם אֶֽת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֞ן כָּל־חָל֤וּץ לַמִּלְחָמָה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְנִכְבְּשָׁ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וּנְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֛ם אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ הַגִּלְעָ֖ד לַאֲחֻזָּֽה׃

[Numbers 32:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.32.29/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1177` of Mova's parse database.

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