--- title: Numbers 13:29 (JPS 1917) — Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the J… · tree and pragmatics description: Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.' Who acts: Amalek, Hittite, Canaanite. 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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 (Amalek, Hittite, Canaanite), 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:517 # text = Amalek dwelleth in the land of the South; and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.' 1 Amalek Amalek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dwelleth dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Jebusite Jebusite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Amorite Amorite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Canaanite Canaanite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 dwelleth dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 along along ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dwell** | present | Amalek | | | the land of the South | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 2 | **dwell** | present | the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite | | | the mountains | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location | | 3 | **dwell** | present | the Canaanite | | | | | by the sea and the side of the Jordan | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sea=Location | 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} עֲמָלֵ֥ק יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַנֶּ֑גֶב וְ֠הַֽחִתִּי וְהַיְבוּסִ֤י וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּהָ֔ר וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב עַל־הַיָּ֔ם וְעַ֖ל יַ֥ד הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ [Numbers 13:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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