--- title: Numbers 18:15 (JPS 1917) — Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unt… · tree and pragmatics description: Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. Who acts: thing, things, first born, thou. 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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 (thing, things, first born, thou), 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:687 # text = Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 openeth open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 offer offer VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 16 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 0 root _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 28 howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ _ 32 born born ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 surely surely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 firstling firstling NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 48 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | present | every thing of all flesh | the womb | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location womb=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | present | things *= thing* | all flesh | | | | unto the LORD | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | shall | every thing of all flesh | thine | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **redeem** | shall | the first born of man | | | | | howbeit, surely *property* | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **redeem** | shall | thou | the firstling of unclean beasts | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firstling=Theme | 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} כָּל־פֶּ֣טֶר רֶ֠חֶם לְֽכָל־בָּשָׂ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִ֧יבוּ לַֽיהוָ֛ה בָּאָדָ֥ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖ה יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ אַ֣ךְ ׀ פָּדֹ֣ה תִפְדֶּ֗ה אֵ֚ת בְּכ֣וֹר הָֽאָדָ֔ם וְאֵ֛ת בְּכֽוֹר־הַבְּהֵמָ֥ה הַטְּמֵאָ֖ה תִּפְדֶּֽה׃ [Numbers 18:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:687` 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 18:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.686/) - next →: [Numbers 18:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.688/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 18:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.15/)