--- title: Numbers 5:13 (JPS 1917) — and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her… · tree and pragmatics description: and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, she being defiled secretly, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act; Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:202 # text = and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, she being defiled secretly, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 carnally carnally ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 defiled defile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 23 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 be be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | infinitive | a man | | | | | with wife; carnally *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hide** | infinitive · passive | | offering | | the eyes of wife's husband | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from eye=Beneficiary | | 3 | **defile** | gerund · passive | | wife | | | | secretly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | infinitive · passive | | wife | | the act | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in act=Location | 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} וְשָׁכַ֨ב אִ֣ישׁ אֹתָהּ֮ שִׁכְבַת־זֶרַע֒ וְנֶעְלַם֙ מֵעֵינֵ֣י אִישָׁ֔הּ וְנִסְתְּרָ֖ה וְהִ֣יא נִטְמָ֑אָה וְעֵד֙ אֵ֣ין בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֖וא לֹ֥א נִתְפָּֽשָׂה׃ [Numbers 5:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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