--- title: Numbers 14:9 (JPS 1917) — Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the l… · tree and pragmatics description: Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.' Who acts: you, ye, people, LORD. 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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 (you, ye, people, LORD), 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:531 # text = Only rebel not against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us; their defence is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us; fear them not.' 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 rebel rebel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 9 cc _ _ 9 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 advcl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 conj _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **rebel** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | | 2 | **fear** | infinitive | ye | the people of the land | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | people | bread | | | | for us | tree rules | | 4 | **remove** | present · passive | | people's defence | | | | from people | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from they=Source | | 5 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with us | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | | people | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 7 | **defend** | | people | | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אַ֣ךְ בַּֽיהוָה֮ אַל־תִּמְרֹדוּ֒ וְאַתֶּ֗ם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ אֶת־עַ֣ם הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י לַחְמֵ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם סָ֣ר צִלָּ֧ם מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֛ם וַֽיהוָ֥ה אִתָּ֖נוּ אַל־תִּירָאֻֽם׃ [Numbers 14:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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