--- title: Numbers 4:27 (JPS 1917) — At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of… · tree and pragmatics description: At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. Who acts: ye, Gershonites. 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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 (ye, Gershonites), 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:167 # text = At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Gershonites gershonite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 appoint appoint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | | all service | | the commandment of Aaron and Aaron's sons | | of the sons of the Gershonites; in Gershonites's burden and Gershonites's service | tree rules | | 2 | **appoint** | shall | ye | Gershonites's burden | | charge | | unto Gershonites *= gershonite* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Theme | | 3 | **command** | | | Aaron and Aaron's sons | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **burden** | | Gershonites *= gershonite* | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **service** | | Gershonites *= gershonite* | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **burden** | | Gershonites *= gershonite* | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} עַל־פִּי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו תִּהְיֶ֗ה כָּל־עֲבֹדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֔י לְכָל־מַשָּׂאָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם וּפְקַדְתֶּ֤ם עֲלֵהֶם֙ בְּמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַשָּׂאָֽם׃ [Numbers 4:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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