--- title: Numbers 14:43 (JPS 1917) — For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye sha… · tree and pragmatics description: For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.' Who acts: ye, 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 (ye, 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:566 # text = For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; forasmuch as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Amalekite Amalekite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Canaanite Canaanite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 forasmuch forasmuch SCONJ RB ExtPos=SCONJ 21 fixed _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 25 back back ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 from from SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 advcl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 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 | **fall** | shall | ye | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 2 | **turn back** | present · passive | | ye | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | the LORD | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | future | the LORD | | | | | with you | 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} כִּי֩ הָעֲמָלֵקִ֨י וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥י שָׁם֙ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם בֶּחָ֑רֶב כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן שַׁבְתֶּם֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּכֶֽם׃ [Numbers 14:43: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.43/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:566` 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 14:42 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.565/) - next →: [Numbers 14:44 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.567/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 14:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.14.43/)