--- title: Numbers 15:25 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their error. 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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 (priest, children, offering), 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:593 # text = And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin-offering before the LORD, for their error. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 38 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 47 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **make** | shall | the priest | atonement | | | | for all congregation of the children of Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for congregation=Asset | | 2 | **forgive** | shall · passive | | children *= child* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | priest | a error | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | present · perfect | children *= child* | children's offering and offering's sin offering before the LORD for offering's error | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | a offering *not said here* | | | | by fire; unto the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **offer** | | children *= child* | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **offer** | | offering | | | | before the LORD | for offering's error | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent before=obl for=obl | | 8 | **err** | | offering | | | | | | nom error «act intransitive»: 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} וְכִפֶּ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֗ן עַֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְנִסְלַ֣ח לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־שְׁגָגָ֣ה הִ֔וא וְהֵם֩ הֵבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָ֜ם אִשֶּׁ֣ה לַֽיהוָ֗ה וְחַטָּאתָ֛ם לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עַל־שִׁגְגָתָֽם׃ [Numbers 15:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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