--- title: Numbers 11:11 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Th… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in Thy sight, that Thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Who acts: Moses, Thou, I, Thy. 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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, Thou, I, Thy), 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:446 # text = And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with Thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in Thy sight, that Thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 13 ill ill ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 24 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 layest lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto the LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **deal** | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | with Thy servant; ill, wherefore *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with servant=Theme | | 3 | **not** **find** | present · perfect | I | favour | | Thy sight | | wherefore *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 4 | **lay** | present | Thou | the burden of all people | | | | upon me | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent burden=Theme upon i=Destination | | 5 | **sight** | | Thy | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **burden** | | | all people | | | | | nom burden «cognition 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־יְהוָ֗ה לָמָ֤ה הֲרֵעֹ֙תָ֙ לְעַבְדֶּ֔ךָ וְלָ֛מָּה לֹא־מָצָ֥תִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ לָשׂ֗וּם אֶת־מַשָּׂ֛א כָּל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה עָלָֽי׃ [Numbers 11:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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