--- title: Numbers 15:31 (JPS 1917) — Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken His c… · tree and pragmatics description: Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken His commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him. Who acts: soul, iniquity. 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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 (soul, iniquity), 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:599 # text = Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken His commandment; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him. 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 parataxis _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 30 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 | **despise** | present · perfect | soul | the word of the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** | present · perfect | soul *not said here* | soul's commandment | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer commandment=Patient | | 3 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | that soul | | | | utterly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | shall | soul's iniquity | | | | | upon soul | tree rules | | 5 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **command** | | soul | | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: 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} כִּ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ בָּזָ֔ה וְאֶת־מִצְוָת֖וֹ הֵפַ֑ר הִכָּרֵ֧ת ׀ תִּכָּרֵ֛ת הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא עֲוֺנָ֥ה בָֽהּ׃פ [Numbers 15:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:599` 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 15:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.598/) - next →: [Numbers 15:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.600/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 15:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.31/)