--- title: Numbers 10:33 (JPS 1917) — And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days' journey;… · tree and pragmatics description: And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. Who acts: princes, ark, three days, 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 (princes, ark, three days, 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:432 # text = And they set forward from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 forward forward ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 ' 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ' 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 resting resting NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **set forward** | past | princes *= prince* | three days's journey | | the mount of the LORD | | forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | three days's journey | | | before princes *= prince* | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before they=Location | | 3 | **seek out** | to-infinitive | the ark of the covenant of the LORD *not said here* | a resting place | | | | for princes *= prince* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent place=Location for they=Theme | | 4 | **journey** | | three days | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **journey** | | three days | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵהַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה דֶּ֖רֶךְ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וַאֲר֨וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֜ה נֹסֵ֣עַ לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם דֶּ֚רֶךְ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים לָת֥וּר לָהֶ֖ם מְנוּחָֽה׃ [Numbers 10:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.10.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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