--- title: Numbers 15:39 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray; Who acts: thread, ye. 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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 (thread, ye), 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:607 # text = And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fringe fringe NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 about about ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obl _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 49 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 astray astray ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 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 | **is** | shall | thread | | | | | unto you; for a fringe | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | may | ye | | | | | upon thread | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme | | 3 | **remember** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | all commandments of the LORD | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 4 | **do** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | commandments *= commandment* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **go** | present | ye | | | | after your own heart and your own eyes | about *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **use** | present | ye | | | | after your own eyes | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | astray *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְהָיָ֣ה לָכֶם֮ לְצִיצִת֒ וּרְאִיתֶ֣ם אֹת֗וֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תָתֻ֜רוּ אַחֲרֵ֤י לְבַבְכֶם֙ וְאַחֲרֵ֣י עֵֽינֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֥ם זֹנִ֖ים אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ [Numbers 15:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:607` 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 15:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.606/) - next →: [Numbers 15:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.608/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 15:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.15.39/)