--- title: Numbers 10:29 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' fa… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: 'We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.' Who acts: Moses, We, LORD, 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 (Moses, We, LORD, 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:428 # text = And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: 'We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Hobab Hobab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Reuel Reuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Midianite Midianite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 ' 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ _ 20 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 23 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 journeying journey VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 iobj _ _ 51 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 for for SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 58 good good NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 59 concerning concerning ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto Hobab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **journey** | present · progressive | We | | | | | unto the place | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | of the place | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | future | I | place | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient it=Theme | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | thou | | | | | with us | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | future | we | good | thee | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | good | | | | concerning Israel | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה לְ֠חֹבָב בֶּן־רְעוּאֵ֣ל הַמִּדְיָנִי֮ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁה֒ נֹסְעִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֹת֖וֹ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָכֶ֑ם לְכָ֤ה אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ וְהֵטַ֣בְנוּ לָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה דִּבֶּר־ט֖וֹב עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Numbers 10:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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