--- title: Numbers 18:4 (JPS 1917) — And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man shall not draw nigh unto you. Who acts: common man. 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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), 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:676 # text = And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man shall not draw nigh unto you. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 whatsoever whatsoever ADV RB PronType=Ind 26 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Tent tent PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 35 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed voice=character, act=request, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | shall · passive | | fathers *= father* | | | | unto thee | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | | the charge of the tent of meeting | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | | 3 | **not** **draw** | shall | a common man | | | | | unto you; nigh *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **charge** | | | the tent of meeting | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **service** | | | the Tent | | | | | nom service «act 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} וְנִלְו֣וּ עָלֶ֔יךָ וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד לְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדַ֣ת הָאֹ֑הֶל וְזָ֖ר לֹא־יִקְרַ֥ב אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ [Numbers 18:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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