--- title: Numbers 17:11 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.' Who acts: Moses, wrath. 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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 (Moses, wrath), 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:655 # text = And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Take thy fire-pan, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from the LORD: the plague is begun.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nmod:poss _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 therein therein ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 off off ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 incense incense NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 carry carry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 38 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 44 expl _ _ 44 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 45 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 46 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 acl _ _ 47 out out ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 : : PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto Aaron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | thy fire pan | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pan=Theme | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | | fire | | the altar | | therein *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fire=Goal | | 4 | **lay** | infinitive | | incense | | | | thereon *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent incense=Result | | 5 | **carry** | infinitive | | incense | | | | unto the congregation; quickly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | | atonement | | | | for pans *= pan* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for they=Asset | | 7 | **be** | present | wrath | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go out** | participle | | wrath *not said here* | | | | from the LORD | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **begin** | present · passive | | the plague | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֣ח אֶת־הַ֠מַּחְתָּה וְתֶן־עָלֶ֨יהָ אֵ֜שׁ מֵעַ֤ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ וְשִׂ֣ים קְטֹ֔רֶת וְהוֹלֵ֧ךְ מְהֵרָ֛ה אֶל־הָעֵדָ֖ה וְכַפֵּ֣ר עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־יָצָ֥א הַקֶּ֛צֶף מִלִּפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה הֵחֵ֥ל הַנָּֽגֶף׃ [Numbers 17:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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