--- title: Numbers 4:14 (JPS 1917) — And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they m… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the fire-pans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and set the staves thereof. Who acts: staves. 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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 (staves), 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:153 # text = And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the fire-pans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and set the staves thereof. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 10 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 minister minister VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 about about ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 hooks hook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 shovels shovel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 basins basin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 sealskin sealskin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 staves stave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | shall | staves *= stave* | all vessels and the fire pans and the flesh hooks and the shovels and the basins and all vessels of the altar | | cloth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme upon it=Destination | | 2 | **minister** | present | staves *= stave* | | | | | about cloth; wherewith *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **spread** | shall | staves *= stave* | a covering of sealskin | | cloth | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent covering=Theme upon it=Destination | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | staves *= stave* *not said here* | the staves | | | | thereof *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient stave=Result | 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} וְנָתְנ֣וּ עָ֠לָיו אֶֽת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֞יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְֽשָׁרְת֧וּ עָלָ֣יו בָּהֶ֗ם אֶת־הַמַּחְתֹּ֤ת אֶת־הַמִּזְלָגֹת֙ וְאֶת־הַיָּעִ֣ים וְאֶת־הַמִּזְרָקֹ֔ת כֹּ֖ל כְּלֵ֣י הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ עָלָ֗יו כְּס֛וּי ע֥וֹר תַּ֖חַשׁ וְשָׂמ֥וּ בַדָּֽיו׃ [Numbers 4:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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