--- title: Numbers 35:8 (JPS 1917) — And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of t… · tree and pragmatics description: And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.' Who acts: ye, tribe. 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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, tribe), 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:1284 # text = And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 2 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 many many NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 24 many many NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 few few NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 30 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 few few NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 37 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 case _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 inheriteth inherit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | shall | ye | the cities | | | | of the possession of the children of Israel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 2 | **take** | shall | ye | many | | the many | | concern the cities | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent many=Theme from many=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** | shall | ye | few | | the few | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent few=Theme from few=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **inherit** | present | tribe | tribe's inheritance | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 6 | **give** | shall | each tribe accord tribe's inheritance | | | | | of tribe's cities; unto the Levites | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **possess** | | | the children of Israel | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **inherit** | | tribe | | | | | | nom inheritance «act 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} וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּתְּנוּ֙ מֵאֲחֻזַּ֣ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מֵאֵ֤ת הָרַב֙ תַּרְבּ֔וּ וּמֵאֵ֥ת הַמְעַ֖ט תַּמְעִ֑יטוּ אִ֗ישׁ כְּפִ֤י נַחֲלָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִנְחָ֔לוּ יִתֵּ֥ן מֵעָרָ֖יו לַלְוִיִּֽם׃פ [Numbers 35:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.35.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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