--- title: Numbers 4:16 (JPS 1917) — And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the o… · tree and pragmatics description: And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil: he shall have the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, whether it be the sanctuary, or the furniture thereof.' 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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 (charge, Aaron), 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:156 # text = And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil: he shall have the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, whether it be the sanctuary, or the furniture thereof.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Eleazar Eleazar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 continual continual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 anointing anoint VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 45 conj _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 therein therein ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 advcl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 63 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 65 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | the charge of Eleazar | the oil and the sweet incense and the continual meal offering and the anointing oil | | | | for the light | tree rules | | 2 | **anoint** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | shall | Aaron | the charge of all tabernacle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Patient | | 4 | **be** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | infinitive | charge | the sanctuary or the furniture | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **charge** | | | Eleazar | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **charge** | | | all tabernacle | | | | | nom charge «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} וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת אֶלְעָזָ֣ר ׀ בֶּן־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמָּאוֹר֙ וּקְטֹ֣רֶת הַסַּמִּ֔ים וּמִנְחַ֥ת הַתָּמִ֖יד וְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה פְּקֻדַּ֗ת כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּ֔וֹ בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ וּבְכֵלָֽיו׃ס [Numbers 4:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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