--- title: Numbers 5:15 (JPS 1917) — then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring h… · tree and pragmatics description: then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 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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, spirit, offering, meal offering), 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:204 # text = then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ephah ephah NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 pour pour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 39 cc _ _ 39 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 40 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ _ 49 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ _ 56 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 bringing bring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 61 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | shall | the man | | spirit's wife | | then | unto the priest | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 2 | **bring** | shall | the man *not said here* | wife's offering | | | | for wife | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 3 | **pour** | shall | spirit | no oil | | | | upon offering | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | spirit *not said here* | frankincense | | | | thereon *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent frankincense=Goal | | 5 | **is a** | present | offering | a meal offering | | | | of jealousy | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | gerund | a meal offering *not said here* | iniquity | | remembrance | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme to remembrance=Destination | | 7 | **offer** | | wife | | | | | for wife | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | | 8 | **offer** | | | memorial | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} וְהֵבִ֨יא הָאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֮ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֒ וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־קָרְבָּנָהּ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ עֲשִׂירִ֥ת הָאֵיפָ֖ה קֶ֣מַח שְׂעֹרִ֑ים לֹֽא־יִצֹ֨ק עָלָ֜יו שֶׁ֗מֶן וְלֹֽא־יִתֵּ֤ן עָלָיו֙ לְבֹנָ֔ה כִּֽי־מִנְחַ֤ת קְנָאֹת֙ ה֔וּא מִנְחַ֥ת זִכָּר֖וֹן מַזְכֶּ֥רֶת עָוֺֽן׃ [Numbers 5:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:204` 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 5:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.203/) - next →: [Numbers 5:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.205/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.15/)