--- title: Numbers 14:35 (JPS 1917) — I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil con… · tree and pragmatics description: I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' Who acts: I, carcasses. 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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 (I, carcasses), 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:558 # text = I the LORD have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against Me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 surely surely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 21 together together ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | future | I | this | | | | unto all evil congregation; surely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 3 | **gather** | present · passive | | all evil congregation | | | | against Me; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **consume** | shall · passive | | carcasses *= carcass* | | this wilderness | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 5 | **die** | shall | carcasses *= carcass* | | | there | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ דִּבַּרְתִּי֒ אִם־לֹ֣א ׀ זֹ֣את אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֗ה לְכָל־הָעֵדָ֤ה הָֽרָעָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים עָלָ֑י בַּמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַזֶּ֛ה יִתַּ֖מּוּ וְשָׁ֥ם יָמֻֽתוּ׃ [Numbers 14:35: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.35/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:558` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Numbers 14:34 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.557/) - next →: [Numbers 14:36 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.559/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 14:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.35/)