--- title: Numbers 17:25 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that they die not.' Who acts: LORD, rods. 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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, rods), 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:669 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept there, for a token against the rebellious children; that there may be made an end of their murmurings against Me, that they die not.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 back back ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 testimony testimony NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 rebellious rebellious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 36 expl _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 murmurings murmuring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed hedge=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **put back** | infinitive | | the rod of Aaron | | the testimony | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rod=Theme before testimony=Destination | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | there | | for a token against the rebellious children | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **make** | may · passive | | a end of rods's murmurings against Me | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **not** **die** | present | rods *= rod* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **murmur** | | rods *= rod* | | | | | against Me | nom murmuring «event transitive»: poss=agent against=obl | 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 יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הָשֵׁ֞ב אֶת־מַטֵּ֤ה אַהֲרֹן֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָעֵד֔וּת לְמִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת לְא֖וֹת לִבְנֵי־מֶ֑רִי וּתְכַ֧ל תְּלוּנֹּתָ֛ם מֵעָלַ֖י וְלֹ֥א יָמֻֽתוּ׃ [Numbers 17:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:669` 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 17:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.668/) - next →: [Numbers 17:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.670/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 17:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.17.25/)