--- title: Numbers 11:26 (JPS 1917) — But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Elda… · tree and pragmatics description: But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. Who acts: two men, name, spirit, Eldad. 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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 (two men, name, spirit, Eldad), 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:461 # text = But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 Eldad Eldad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Medad Medad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 46 out out ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Tent tent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 prophesied prophesy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | two men | | | the camp; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in camp=Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | the name of the one | Eldad and the name of the other Medad | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rest** | past | the spirit | | | | | upon Eldad | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | Eldad | | | | | of Eldad | tree rules | | 5 | **record** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **not** **go out** | past · perfect | Eldad *not said here* | | | | | unto the Tent; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **prophesy** | past | Eldad | | | the camp | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **name** | | | the one | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **name** | | | the other Medad | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וַיִּשָּׁאֲר֣וּ שְׁנֵֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֣ים ׀ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֡ה שֵׁ֣ם הָאֶחָ֣ד ׀ אֶלְדָּ֡ד וְשֵׁם֩ הַשֵּׁנִ֨י מֵידָ֜ד וַתָּ֧נַח עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הָר֗וּחַ וְהֵ֙מָּה֙ בַּכְּתֻבִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יָצְא֖וּ הָאֹ֑הֱלָה וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ [Numbers 11:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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