--- title: Numbers 8:19 (JPS 1917) — And I have given the Levites — they are given to Aaron and to his so… · tree and pragmatics description: And I have given the Levites — they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, through the children o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.368/) [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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/8/) / [8:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.8.19/) / JPS 1 # Numbers 8:19 · JPS 1917 And I have given the Levites — they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, through the children of Israel coming nigh unto the sanctuary.' **Who acts:** I, plague, children · **What happens:** give, do, make, be, come, service · **To what, where:** Levites, Aaron, service, tent, atonement, children This is Numbers 8:19 · 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 (I, plague, children), 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:368 # text = And I have given the Levites — they are given to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, through the children of Israel coming nigh unto the sanctuary.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 among among ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 42 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 51 expl _ _ 51 be be VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 54 among among ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 through through ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 62 acl _ _ 66 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 67 unto unto ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the Levites | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent levites=Theme | | 2 | **give** | present · passive | | Levites | Aaron and Aaron's sons | | | from the children of Israel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to aaron=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | | the service of the children of Israel | | the tent of meeting | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | | atonement | | | | for the children of Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for child=Beneficiary | | 5 | **be** | present | no plague among the children of Israel | | | there | | through the children of Israel | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through child=Location | | 6 | **come** | gerund | the children of Israel *not said here* | | | | | unto the sanctuary; nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **service** | | | the children of Israel | | | | | nom service «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} וָאֶתְּנָ֨ה אֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֜ם נְתֻנִ֣ים ׀ לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן וּלְבָנָ֗יו מִתּוֹךְ֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לַעֲבֹ֞ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד וּלְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֨א יִהְיֶ֜ה בִּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נֶ֔גֶף בְּגֶ֥שֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ [Numbers 8:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.8.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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