--- title: Numbers 18:20 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in the… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. Who acts: LORD, Thou, I, thine. 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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, Thou, I, thine), 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:692 # text = And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 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 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 19 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 22 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 among among ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 among among ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Aaron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | shall | Thou | no inheritance | | things's land | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Patient | | 3 | **have** | shall | thou | any portion | | | | among things *= thing* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | thy portion and thine inheritance | | | | among the children of Israel | tree rules | | 5 | **inherit** | | thine | | | | | | nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן בְּאַרְצָם֙ לֹ֣א תִנְחָ֔ל וְחֵ֕לֶק לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֖ בְּתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֤י חֶלְקְךָ֙ וְנַחֲלָ֣תְךָ֔ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס [Numbers 18:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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