--- title: Numbers 4:15 (JPS 1917) — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy fu… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward — after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. Who acts: Aaron, end, camp, sons. 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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 (Aaron, end, camp, sons), 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:154 # text = And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward — after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 3 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 covering cover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 29 forward forward ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 — - PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Kohath Kohath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect | Aaron and Aaron's sons | a end | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Product | | 2 | **cover** | gerund | a end *not said here* | the holy furniture and all holy vessels | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme furniture=Destination | | 3 | **set forward** | present | the camp | | | | | forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **come** | shall | the sons of Kohath | | | | after that | | tree rules | | 5 | **bear** | to-infinitive | the sons of Kohath *not said here* | vessels *= vessel* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **not** **touch** | shall | vessels *= vessel* | the holy things | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme | | 7 | **die** | present | vessels *= vessel* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְכִלָּ֣ה אַֽהֲרֹן־וּ֠בָנָיו לְכַסֹּ֨ת אֶת־הַקֹּ֜דֶשׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֣י הַקֹּדֶשׁ֮ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֒ וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן יָבֹ֤אוּ בְנֵי־קְהָת֙ לָשֵׂ֔את וְלֹֽא־יִגְּע֥וּ אֶל־הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ וָמֵ֑תוּ אֵ֛לֶּה מַשָּׂ֥א בְנֵֽי־קְהָ֖ת בְּאֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ [Numbers 4:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.15/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the holy furniture, and all the holy vessels, as the camp is to set forward — after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear them; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die.** 2. [These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.155/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:154` 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 4:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.153/) - next →: [Numbers 4:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.155/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.15/)