--- title: Numbers 17:21 (JPS 1917) — And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes g… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. Who acts: Moses, princes, rod. 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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, princes, rod), 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:665 # text = And Moses spoke unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 ' 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 appos _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 among among ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Moses | | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | children's princes | rods | Moses | | | for one each prince; accord rods's fathers's houses | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rod=Theme for one=Asset | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the rod of Aaron | | | | | among rods's rods | tree rules | 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} וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כָּֽל־נְשִֽׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃ [Numbers 17:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:665` 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 17:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.664/) - next →: [Numbers 17:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.666/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 17:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.21/)