--- title: Numbers 5:27 (JPS 1917) — And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pas… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away; and the woman shall be a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.216/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Numbers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/) / [chapter 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/5/) / [5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.27/) / JPS 1 # Numbers 5:27 · JPS 1917 And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people. **Who acts:** belly, woman, offering, water, thigh · **What happens:** make, drink, come, pass, defile, act · **To what, where:** woman, water, curse This is Numbers 5:27 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, 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:216 # text = And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have acted unfaithfully against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away; and the woman shall be a curse among her people. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 defiled defile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 26 unfaithfully unfaithfully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 44 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 swell swell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 55 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 57 away away ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 62 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 66 among among ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **make** | present · perfect | belly | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drink** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 3 | **come** | shall | offering | | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **defile** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **act** | present · perfect | | | | | | against woman's husband; unfaithfully *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **cause** | present | the water | the curse | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition curse=Patient | | 8 | **enter** | shall | the water | | | | | into woman | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into she=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **become** | infinitive | the water *not said here* | | | | | bitter *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **swell** | shall | woman's belly | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 11 | **fall away** | shall | woman's thigh | | | | | away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 12 | **is a** | shall | the woman | a curse | | | | among woman's people | tree rules | 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} וְהִשְׁקָ֣הּ אֶת־הַמַּ֗יִם וְהָיְתָ֣ה אִֽם־נִטְמְאָה֮ וַתִּמְעֹ֣ל מַ֣עַל בְּאִישָׁהּ֒ וּבָ֨אוּ בָ֜הּ הַמַּ֤יִם הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙ לְמָרִ֔ים וְצָבְתָ֣ה בִטְנָ֔הּ וְנָפְלָ֖ה יְרֵכָ֑הּ וְהָיְתָ֧ה הָאִשָּׁ֛ה לְאָלָ֖ה בְּקֶ֥רֶב עַמָּֽהּ׃ [Numbers 5:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.5.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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