--- title: Numbers 18:9 (JPS 1917) — This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:… · tree and pragmatics description: This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every guilt-offering of theirs, which they may render unto Me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 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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 (This, offering, offerings, guilt offering), 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:681 # text = This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every guilt-offering of theirs, which they may render unto Me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 8 advmod _ _ 8 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 theirs theirs PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 23 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 theirs theirs PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 31 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ _ 33 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 theirs theirs PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 39 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ _ 41 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 theirs theirs PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 render render VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl:relcl _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 54 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 55 advmod _ _ 55 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | This | thine | | | | of the holy things | tree rules | | 2 | **reserve** | participle | | the holy things *not said here* | | the fire | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from fire=Source | | 3 | **offering** | | every offering of things and every meal offering of things and every sin offering of things | | | | | of things *= thing* | tree rules | | 4 | **render** | may | offerings *= offering* | every guilt offering | | | | unto Me | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | every guilt offering | | | | | for thee; for thy sons; holy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **offer** | | | things *= thing* | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **offer** | | | things *= thing* | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **offer** | | | things *= thing* | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} זֶֽה־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ מִקֹּ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים מִן־הָאֵ֑שׁ כָּל־קָ֠רְבָּנָם לְֽכָל־מִנְחָתָ֞ם וּלְכָל־חַטָּאתָ֗ם וּלְכָל־אֲשָׁמָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָשִׁ֣יבוּ לִ֔י קֹ֣דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֥ים לְךָ֛ ה֖וּא וּלְבָנֶֽיךָ׃ [Numbers 18:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:681` 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 18:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.680/) - next →: [Numbers 18:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.682/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.9/)