--- title: Numbers 17:5 (JPS 1917) — to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no com… · tree and pragmatics description: to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before the LORD; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses. Who acts: common man, 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 (common man, 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:649 # text = to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no common man, that is not of the seed of Aaron, draw near to burn incense before the LORD; that he fare not as Korah, and as his company; as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses. 1 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 advcl _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 16 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 acl:relcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 29 near near ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 32 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Korah Korah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive | no common man *not said here* | a memorial | | | to the end | unto the children of Israel | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **is** | present | no common man | | | | | of the seed; of Aaron | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | infinitive | no common man | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **burn** | to-infinitive | no common man *not said here* | incense | | | before the LORD | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent incense=Theme | | 5 | **not** **fare** | infinitive | LORD | | | | | as Korah and LORD's company | tree rules | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Israel; by the hand of Moses | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} זִכָּר֞וֹן לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְ֠מַעַן אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יִקְרַ֜ב אִ֣ישׁ זָ֗ר אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹ֣א מִזֶּ֤רַע אַהֲרֹן֙ ה֔וּא לְהַקְטִ֥יר קְטֹ֖רֶת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה כְקֹ֙רַח֙ וְכַ֣עֲדָת֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֖ה לֽוֹ׃ [Numbers 17:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:649` 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 17:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.648/) - next →: [Numbers 17:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.650/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.5/)