--- title: Numbers 35:6 (JPS 1917) — And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither; and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities. Who acts: ye, cities, manslayer. 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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, cities, manslayer), 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:1282 # text = And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither; and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 manslayer manslayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 thither thither ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 beside beside ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 38 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 conj _ _ 41 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 17 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 | **give** | shall | ye | the cities | | | | unto the Levites | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | shall | the cities | the six cities | | | | of refuge | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | shall | ye | the six cities | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **flee** | to-infinitive | the manslayer | | | | | thither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | shall | ye | forty cities | | | | beside cities *= city* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme | 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} וְאֵ֣ת הֶֽעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֵ֚ת שֵׁשׁ־עָרֵ֣י הַמִּקְלָ֔ט אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּתְּנ֔וּ לָנֻ֥ס שָׁ֖מָּה הָרֹצֵ֑חַ וַעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם תִּתְּנ֔וּ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם עִֽיר׃ [Numbers 35:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:1282` 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 35:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1281/) - next →: [Numbers 35:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1283/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 35:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.6/)