--- title: Numbers 16:9 (JPS 1917) — is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separa… · tree and pragmatics description: is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; Who acts: it, God. 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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 (it, God), 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:618 # text = is it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them; 1 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 but but ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 csubj _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 near near ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 tabernacle tabernacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a small thing | | | | unto you; but *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **separate** | present · perfect | the God of Israel | you | | | | from the congregation of Israel | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient from congregation=Co-Patient | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the God of Israel *not said here* | you | God | | | near *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to himself=Destination | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | the God of Israel *not said here* | the service of the tabernacle of the LORD | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Eventuality | | 5 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the God of Israel *not said here* | | | the congregation | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before congregation=Location | | 6 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the God of Israel *not said here* | | | | | unto censors *= censor* | tree rules | | 7 | **service** | | | the tabernacle of the LORD | | | | | nom service «act 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} הַמְעַ֣ט מִכֶּ֗ם כִּֽי־הִבְדִּיל֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְהַקְרִ֥יב אֶתְכֶ֖ם אֵלָ֑יו לַעֲבֹ֗ד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן יְהוָ֔ה וְלַעֲמֹ֛ד לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה לְשָׁרְתָֽם׃ [Numbers 16:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:618` 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 16:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.617/) - next →: [Numbers 16:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.619/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.9/)