--- title: Numbers 5:21 (JPS 1917) — then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of curs… · tree and pragmatics description: then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell; Who acts: priest, woman, LORD, thigh. 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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, woman, LORD, thigh), 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:210 # text = then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman — the LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell; 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 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 cause cause 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 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 cursing cursing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 — - PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 among among ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 swell swell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 acl _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | shall | the priest | the woman | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **swear** | to-infinitive | the woman *not said here* | | | | | with the oath of cursing | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | the priest | | | | | unto the woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | the LORD | a curse and a oath | thee | | | among thy people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset thou=Beneficiary curse=Product | | 5 | **make** | present · do-support | the LORD | thy thigh and thy belly | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fall away** | to-infinitive | thy thigh and thy belly *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **swell** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְהִשְׁבִּ֨יעַ הַכֹּהֵ֥ן אֶֽת־הָֽאִשָּׁה֮ בִּשְׁבֻעַ֣ת הָאָלָה֒ וְאָמַ֤ר הַכֹּהֵן֙ לָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֥ה אוֹתָ֛ךְ לְאָלָ֥ה וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ עַמֵּ֑ךְ בְּתֵ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְרֵכֵךְ֙ נֹפֶ֔לֶת וְאֶת־בִּטְנֵ֖ךְ צָבָֽה׃ [Numbers 5:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:210` 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 5:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.209/) - next →: [Numbers 5:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.211/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.21/)