--- title: Numbers 4:31 (JPS 1917) — And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their servi… · tree and pragmatics description: And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof; Who acts: this, 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 (this, 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:171 # text = And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 35 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sockets socket NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 40 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 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** | present | this | the charge | | | | of sons's burden; accord sons's service in the tent of meeting | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **burden** | | sons *= son* | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 4 | **service** | | sons *= son* | | | the tent of meeting | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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} וְזֹאת֙ מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת מַשָּׂאָ֔ם לְכָל־עֲבֹדָתָ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד קַרְשֵׁי֙ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן וּבְרִיחָ֖יו וְעַמּוּדָ֥יו וַאֲדָנָֽיו׃ [Numbers 4:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.4.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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