--- title: Numbers 7:5 (JPS 1917) — 'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.' Who acts: you, princes, thou, man. 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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 (you, princes, thou, man), 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:252 # text = 'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 33 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 case _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | tabernacle | | | | of princes *= prince* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme of they=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **do** | may | princes *= prince* | the service of the tent of meeting | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | | 3 | **give** | shall | thou | princes *= prince* | every man | | | unto the Levites; accord man's service | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to man=Recipient | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **service** | | | the tent of meeting | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **service** | | man | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} קַ֚ח מֵֽאִתָּ֔ם וְהָי֕וּ לַעֲבֹ֕ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖ת אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִ֥י עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ [Numbers 7:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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