--- title: Numbers 3:41 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt take the Levites for Me, even the LORD, instead of al… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt take the Levites for Me, even the LORD, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.' Who acts: thou. 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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 (thou), 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:129 # text = And thou shalt take the Levites for Me, even the LORD, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 20 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 obl _ _ 21 among among ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 firstlings firstling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | shall | thou | the Levites | | | | for Me | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent levite=Theme for i=Beneficiary | | 2 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | among the children of Israel | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וְלָקַחְתָּ֨ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֥ם לִי֙ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה תַּ֥חַת כָּל־בְּכֹ֖ר בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאֵת֙ בֶּהֱמַ֣ת הַלְוִיִּ֔ם תַּ֣חַת כָּל־בְּכ֔וֹר בְּבֶהֱמַ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Numbers 3:41: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.41/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:129` 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 3:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.128/) - next →: [Numbers 3:42 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.130/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 3:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.41/)