--- title: Numbers 5:8 (JPS 1917) — But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for t… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made shall be the LORD'S, even the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him. Who acts: man, restitution. Numbers 5:8 in JPS 1917 with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.197/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Numbers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/) / [chapter 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/5/) / [5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.8/) / JPS 1 # Numbers 5:8 · JPS 1917 But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made shall be the LORD'S, even the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him. **Who acts:** man, restitution · **What happens:** have, make, be · **To what, where:** kinsman, restitution, atonement This is Numbers 5:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (man, restitution), 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:197 # text = But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made shall be the LORD'S, even the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 kinsman kinsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 10 restitution restitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 restitution restitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 29 'S 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 besides besides ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 whereby whereby ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 44 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 28 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 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the man | no kinsman | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kinsman=Patient | | 2 | **make** | may · passive | | restitution | | | | to no kinsman; for the guilt | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for guilt=Asset | | 3 | **make** | present · passive | | the restitution for guilt | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **is** | shall | the restitution for guilt | | | | | 's the LORD; besides the ram of the atonement | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | shall · passive | | atonement | | | | for LORD; whereby *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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} וְאִם־אֵ֨ין לָאִ֜ישׁ גֹּאֵ֗ל לְהָשִׁ֤יב הָאָשָׁם֙ אֵלָ֔יו הָאָשָׁ֛ם הַמּוּשָׁ֥ב לַיהוָ֖ה לַכֹּהֵ֑ן מִלְּבַ֗ד אֵ֚יל הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְכַפֶּר־בּ֖וֹ עָלָֽיו׃ [Numbers 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:197` 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 5:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.196/) - next →: [Numbers 5:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.198/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.8/)