--- title: Numbers 36:4 (JPS 1917) — And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will t… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.' Who acts: children. 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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 (children), 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:1314 # text = And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 jubilee jubilee NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 whereunto whereunto ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | future · passive | | children's inheritance | | | then | unto the inheritance of the tribe | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **belong** | shall | children *= child* | | | | | whereunto *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take away** | future · passive | | children's inheritance | | the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from inheritance=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **inherit** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **inherit** | | | the tribe | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **inherit** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **inherit** | | | the tribe of our fathers | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְאִם־יִהְיֶ֣ה הַיֹּבֵל֮ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וְנֽוֹסְפָה֙ נַחֲלָתָ֔ן עַ֚ל נַחֲלַ֣ת הַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּהְיֶ֖ינָה לָהֶ֑ם וּמִֽנַּחֲלַת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ יִגָּרַ֖ע נַחֲלָתָֽן׃ [Numbers 36:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.36.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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