--- title: Numbers 33:54 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families — to… · tree and pragmatics description: And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families — to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 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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, thou, lot, that), 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:1244 # text = And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families — to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 13 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 more more NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 fewer few NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 amod _ _ 33 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 wheresoever wheresoever ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 falleth fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 parataxis _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 48 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 case _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 48 fixed _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nsubj _ _ 57 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **inherit** | shall | ye | the land | | | | by lot; accord your families | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | shall | ye | the more inheritance | the more | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme to more=Recipient | | 4 | **give** | shall | thou | the less inheritance | the fewer | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme to few=Recipient | | 5 | **fall** | present | the lot | | | | | to any man; wheresoever *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to man=Pivot | | 6 | **is a** | shall | that | lot | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **inherit** | shall | ye | | | | | accord the tribes of your fathers | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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} וְהִתְנַחַלְתֶּם֩ אֶת־הָאָ֨רֶץ בְּגוֹרָ֜ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם לָרַ֞ב תַּרְבּ֤וּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ וְלַמְעַט֙ תַּמְעִ֣יט אֶת־נַחֲלָת֔וֹ אֶל֩ אֲשֶׁר־יֵ֨צֵא ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛מָּה הַגּוֹרָ֖ל ל֣וֹ יִהְיֶ֑ה לְמַטּ֥וֹת אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֖ם תִּתְנֶחָֽלוּ׃ [Numbers 33:54: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.33.54/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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