--- title: Numbers 5:18 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse. 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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 (priest, hair, meal offering, water), 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:207 # text = And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy; and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 22 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ _ 29 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ _ 41 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | shall | the priest | the woman | | | before the LORD | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent woman=Theme before lord=Destination | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | the hair of the woman's head | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | the hair of the woman's head *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | the meal offering of memorial | | woman's hands | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent offering=Theme in hand=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | present | the meal offering of memorial | the meal offering | | | | of jealousy | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | shall | the priest | the water of bitterness | | LORD's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 7 | **cause** | present | the water of bitterness | the curse | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient | | 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} וְהֶעֱמִ֨יד הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָאִשָּׁה֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ וּפָרַע֙ אֶת־רֹ֣אשׁ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְנָתַ֣ן עַל־כַּפֶּ֗יהָ אֵ֚ת מִנְחַ֣ת הַזִּכָּר֔וֹן מִנְחַ֥ת קְנָאֹ֖ת הִ֑וא וּבְיַ֤ד הַכֹּהֵן֙ יִהְי֔וּ מֵ֥י הַמָּרִ֖ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃ [Numbers 5:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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