--- title: Numbers 1:53 (JPS 1917) — But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testim… · tree and pragmatics description: But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.' Who acts: Levites. 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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 (Levites), 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:52 # text = But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 pitch pitch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 be be AUX VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 congregation congregation 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 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pitch** | shall | the Levites | | | | | about the tabernacle of the testimony; round *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent about tabernacle=Destination | | 2 | **keep** | shall | the Levites | the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | | 3 | **charge** | | | the tabernacle of the testimony | | | | | nom charge «act 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} וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם יַחֲנ֤וּ סָבִיב֙ לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָעֵדֻ֔ת וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה קֶ֔צֶף עַל־עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשָׁמְרוּ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת מִשְׁכַּ֥ן הָעֵדֽוּת׃ [Numbers 1:53: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.53/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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