--- title: Numbers 9:5 (JPS 1917) — And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day… · tree and pragmatics description: And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at dusk, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. Who acts: children, LORD. 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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 (children, LORD), 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:381 # text = And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at dusk, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passover passover NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fourteenth fourteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Sinai Sinai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 case _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | children *= child* | the passover | | the wilderness of Sinai | day; dusk; month | accord all | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent passover=Theme in wilderness=Location | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **command** | past | the LORD | Moses | | | | | 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} וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֡סַח בָּרִאשׁ֡וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֥וֹם לַחֹ֛דֶשׁ בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבַּ֖יִם בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר סִינָ֑י כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֵּ֥ן עָשׂ֖וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Numbers 9:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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