--- title: Numbers 15:24 (JPS 1917) — then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation, it bei… · tree and pragmatics description: then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD — with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance — an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.592/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Numbers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/) / [chapter 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM/15/) / [15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.24/) / JPS 1 # Numbers 15:24 · JPS 1917 then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD — with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance — and one he-goat for a sin-offering. **Who acts:** congregation · **What happens:** do, hide, offer, burn, accord · **To what, where:** hand, error, eyes, one young bullock This is Numbers 15:24 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (congregation), 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:592 # text = then it shall be, if it be done in error by the congregation, it being hid from their eyes, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD — with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the ordinance — and one he-goat for a sin-offering. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:agent _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 30 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 36 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 — - PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ _ 50 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 51 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ _ 57 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 58 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 63 case _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 60 fixed _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 ordinance ordinance NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 64 — - PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 69 nummod _ _ 67 he he NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ _ 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ _ 69 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 72 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ _ 74 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ _ 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | the congregation | hand | | error | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **hide** | gerund · passive | | hand | | commandments's eyes | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from eye=Beneficiary | | 3 | **offer** | shall | all congregation | one young bullock and one he goat for a sin offering | | | | for a burnt offering *goal*; for a sweet savour unto the LORD with the meal offering and the drink offering accord the ordinance | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme for offering=Goal | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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} וְהָיָ֗ה אִ֣ם מֵעֵינֵ֣י הָעֵדָה֮ נֶעֶשְׂתָ֣ה לִשְׁגָגָה֒ וְעָשׂ֣וּ כָל־הָעֵדָ֡ה פַּ֣ר בֶּן־בָּקָר֩ אֶחָ֨ד לְעֹלָ֜ה לְרֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וּמִנְחָת֥וֹ וְנִסְכּ֖וֹ כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט וּשְׂעִיר־עִזִּ֥ים אֶחָ֖ד לְחַטָּֽת׃ [Numbers 15:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:592` 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 15:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.591/) - next →: [Numbers 15:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.593/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.24/)