--- title: Numbers 8:17 (JPS 1917) — For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both m… · tree and pragmatics description: For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. Who acts: first born, I. 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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 (first born, I), 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:366 # text = For all the first-born among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 born bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 Mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 both both CCONJ CC _ 16 cc:preconj _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ _ 30 born bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sanctified sanctify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | all first born among the children of Israel | Mine | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smite** | past | I | all first born | | the land of Egypt | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bear=Experiencer | | 3 | **sanctify** | past | I | children *= child* | | | day | for Myself | 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} כִּ֣י לִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם הַכֹּתִ֤י כָל־בְּכוֹר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם הִקְדַּ֥שְׁתִּי אֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ [Numbers 8:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.8.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:366` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Numbers 8:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.365/) - next →: [Numbers 8:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.367/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 8:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.8.17/)