--- title: Numbers 16:30 (JPS 1917) — But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and… · tree and pragmatics description: But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.' Who acts: LORD, ground, men, 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 (LORD, ground, men, 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:639 # text = But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into the pit, then ye shall understand that these men have despised the LORD.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 open open VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 swallow swallow VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obl _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 appertain appertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the LORD | a new thing | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Product | | 2 | **open** | present | the ground | ground's mouth | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 3 | **swallow up** | present | the ground *not said here* | men *= man* | | | | with all | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **appertain** | present | | | | | | unto men *= man* | tree rules | | 5 | **go down** | present | men *= man* | | | the pit | | alive, down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **understand** | shall | ye | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **despise** | present · perfect | this men | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | 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} וְאִם־בְּרִיאָ֞ה יִבְרָ֣א יְהוָ֗ה וּפָצְתָ֨ה הָאֲדָמָ֤ה אֶת־פִּ֙יהָ֙ וּבָלְעָ֤ה אֹתָם֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם וְיָרְד֥וּ חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֧י נִֽאֲצ֛וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ [Numbers 16:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:639` 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 16:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.638/) - next →: [Numbers 16:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.640/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 16:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.16.30/)