--- title: Numbers 17:3 (JPS 1917) — even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their… · tree and pragmatics description: even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar — for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD — that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.' Who acts: men, pans. 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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, pans), 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:647 # text = even the fire-pans of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar — for they are become holy, because they were offered before the LORD — that they may be a sign unto the children of Israel.' 1 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 pans pan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ _ 24 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 25 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 xcomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 — - PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 37 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 43 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 — - PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sin** | present · perfect | this men | | | the cost of pans's lives | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | pans *= pan* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive · passive | pans *= pan* *not said here* | beaten plates | | | | for a covering of the altar | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: for covering=Asset | | 4 | **beat** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **become** | present · passive | | pans *= pan* | | | | holy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 6 | **offer** | past · passive | | pans *= pan* | | | before the LORD | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | may | pans *= pan* | a sign | | | | unto the children of Israel | tree rules | | 8 | **cost** | | | pans's lives | | | | | nom cost «possession 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} אֵ֡ת מַחְתּוֹת֩ הַֽחַטָּאִ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה בְּנַפְשֹׁתָ֗ם וְעָשׂ֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם רִקֻּעֵ֤י פַחִים֙ צִפּ֣וּי לַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־הִקְרִיבֻ֥ם לִפְנֵֽי־יְהוָ֖ה וַיִּקְדָּ֑שׁוּ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Numbers 17:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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