--- title: Numbers 18:24 (JPS 1917) — For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a g… · tree and pragmatics description: For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.' Who acts: children, I. 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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 (children, I), 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:696 # text = For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.' 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 apart apart ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 parataxis _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 38 Among among ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set apart** | past | children *= child* | the children of Israel | | | | as a gift unto the LORD; apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient which=Result | | 2 | **give** | present · perfect | I | | the Levites | | | for the tithe of the children of Israel; for a inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent for tithe=Asset to levite=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | | | | unto children *= child*; therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | shall | children *= child* | no inheritance | | | | among the children of Israel | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=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} כִּ֞י אֶת־מַעְשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֤ימוּ לַֽיהוָה֙ תְּרוּמָ֔ה נָתַ֥תִּי לַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְנַחֲלָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ אָמַ֣רְתִּי לָהֶ֔ם בְּתוֹךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יִנְחֲל֖וּ נַחֲלָֽה׃פ [Numbers 18:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:696` 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 18:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.695/) - next →: [Numbers 18:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.697/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 18:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.24/)