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title: Numbers 1:51 (JPS 1917) — And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it d… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death. Who acts: tabernacle, Levites, common man. Numbers 1:51 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and
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# Numbers 1:51 · JPS 1917

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And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.

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**Who acts:** tabernacle, Levites, common man · **What happens:** set forward, take down, pitch, set up, draw, put · **To what, where:** sum, tabernacle, common man

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This is Numbers 1:51 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (tabernacle, Levites, common man), 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:50
# text = And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	setteth	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
6	forward	forward	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Levites	levite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
16	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	22	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	pitched	pitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	advcl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Levites	levite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nsubj	_	_
26	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	up	up	ADP	RP	_	27	compound:prt	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	draweth	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
37	nigh	nigh	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set forward** | present | the tabernacle |  |  |  |  | forward *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **take down** | shall | the Levites | sum |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 3 | **pitch** | present · passive |  | the tabernacle |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **set up** | shall | the Levites | sum |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
| 5 | **draw** | present | the common man |  |  |  |  | nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **put** | shall · passive |  | the common man |  |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |

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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}

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וּבִנְסֹ֣עַ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן יוֹרִ֤ידוּ אֹתוֹ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וּבַחֲנֹת֙ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן יָקִ֥ימוּ אֹת֖וֹ הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַזָּ֥ר הַקָּרֵ֖ב יוּמָֽת׃

[Numbers 1:51: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.51/)

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