--- title: Numbers 6:20 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD;… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. Who acts: priest, this, Nazirite. 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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, this, Nazirite), 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:240 # text = And the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before the LORD; this is holy for the priest, together with the breast of waving and the thigh of heaving; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. 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 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 together together ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 waving waving VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thigh thigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 heaving heaving NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 after after ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Nazirite Nazirite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 42 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 . . 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 | **wave** | shall | the priest | wafers *= wafer* | | | | for a wave offering before the LORD | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | this | | | | | for the priest; with the breast and the thigh of heaving; holy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **waving** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **drink** | may | the Nazirite | wine | | | after that | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=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} וְהֵנִיף֩ אוֹתָ֨ם הַכֹּהֵ֥ן ׀ תְּנוּפָה֮ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ קֹ֤דֶשׁ הוּא֙ לַכֹּהֵ֔ן עַ֚ל חֲזֵ֣ה הַתְּנוּפָ֔ה וְעַ֖ל שׁ֣וֹק הַתְּרוּמָ֑ה וְאַחַ֛ר יִשְׁתֶּ֥ה הַנָּזִ֖יר יָֽיִן׃ [Numbers 6:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.6.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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