--- title: Numbers 2:3 (JPS 1917) — Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be… · tree and pragmatics description: Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, Who acts: those, prince. 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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 (those, prince), 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:56 # text = Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab, 1 Now now ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 2 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 4 pitch pitch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 toward toward ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sunrising sunrising NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 37 Nahshon Nahshon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 acl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Amminadab Amminadab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , 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 | **pitch** | present | | | | the east side | | toward the sunrising | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination | | 2 | **is a** | shall | those | children *= child* | | | now | of the standard of the camp of Judah; accord children's hosts | tree rules | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | gerund | the prince of the children of Judah *not said here* | Nahshon | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְהַחֹנִים֙ קֵ֣דְמָה מִזְרָ֔חָה דֶּ֛גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה יְהוּדָ֖ה לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נַחְשׁ֖וֹן בֶּן־עַמִּינָדָֽב׃ [Numbers 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.2.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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