--- title: Numbers 16:3 (JPS 1917) — and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aar… · tree and pragmatics description: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the 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 (men, Ye, congregation, 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:612 # text = and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: 'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 18 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 25 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 advcl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 conj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 46 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 48 up up ADV RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 49 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ _ 50 above above ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assemble** | past | men *= man* | men *= man* | | | | against Moses and Aaron; together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | present | Ye | much | | | | upon you | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 4 | **see** | gerund | Ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | all congregation | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | among men *= man* | tree rules | | 7 | **lift up** | infinitive | ye | yourselves | | the assembly of the LORD | then | wherefore *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme above assembly=Destination | 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} וַיִּֽקָּהֲל֞וּ עַל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶם֮ רַב־לָכֶם֒ כִּ֤י כָל־הָֽעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים וּבְתוֹכָ֖ם יְהוָ֑ה וּמַדּ֥וּעַ תִּֽתְנַשְּׂא֖וּ עַל־קְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ [Numbers 16:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:612` 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 16:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.611/) - next →: [Numbers 16:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.613/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 16:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.3/)