--- title: Numbers 9:6 (JPS 1917) — But there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a m… · tree and pragmatics description: But there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. Who acts: certain men, men. 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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 (certain men, men), 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:382 # text = But there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 passover passover NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | certain men | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | certain men | | | | | by the dead body of a man; unclean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **keep** | could | men *= man* | the passover | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passover=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | men *= man* | | | Moses | before Aaron; day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before moses=Location | 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} וַיְהִ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֤וּ טְמֵאִים֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם וְלֹא־יָכְל֥וּ לַעֲשֹׂת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַֽיִּקְרְב֞וּ לִפְנֵ֥י מֹשֶׁ֛ה וְלִפְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ [Numbers 9:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.9.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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