--- title: Numbers 5:24 (JPS 1917) — And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that cause… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. Who acts: belly, woman, water. 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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 (belly, woman, 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:213 # text = And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 bitterness bitterness NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 30 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **make** | shall | belly | the woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | infinitive | the woman *not said here* | the water of bitterness | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 3 | **cause** | present | the water of bitterness | the curse | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient | | 4 | **cause** | present | the water | the curse | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient | | 5 | **enter** | shall | the water | | | | | into woman | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into she=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **become** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | bitter *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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} וְהִשְׁקָה֙ אֶת־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־מֵ֥י הַמָּרִ֖ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים וּבָ֥אוּ בָ֛הּ הַמַּ֥יִם הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים לְמָרִֽים׃ [Numbers 5:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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