--- title: Numbers 6:17 (JPS 1917) — And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. Who acts: priest. 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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), 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:237 # text = And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 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 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ _ 13 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 29 also also ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ _ 33 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 34 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | shall | priest | the ram | | | | for a sacrifice of peace offerings *goal*; unto the LORD; with the basket of unleavened bread | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent ram=Theme for sacrifice=Goal | | 2 | **offer** | shall | the priest | the meal offering and the drink offering | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 3 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act 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} וְאֶת־הָאַ֜יִל יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה זֶ֤בַח שְׁלָמִים֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה עַ֖ל סַ֣ל הַמַּצּ֑וֹת וְעָשָׂה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶת־מִנְחָת֖וֹ וְאֶת־נִסְכּֽוֹ׃ [Numbers 6:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.6.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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