--- title: Numbers 18:26 (JPS 1917) — 'Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall set apart of it a gift for the LORD, even a tithe of the tithe. Who acts: thou, ye, I, your. 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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 (thou, ye, I, your), 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:698 # text = 'Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall set apart of it a gift for the LORD, even a tithe of the tithe. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 2 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Levites Levite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 15 When when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 40 apart apart ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 tithe tithe NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | thou | | | | | unto the Levites; moreover *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | unto Levites *= levite* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | present | ye | the tithe | | | | of the children of Israel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent tithe=Theme of child=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the tithe | you | | | from children *= child*; for your inheritance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient which=Theme for inheritance=Asset | | 5 | **set apart** | shall | ye | a gift | | | then | of inheritance; for the LORD; apart *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gift=Patient for lord=Beneficiary | | 6 | **inherit** | | your | | | | | | 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} וְאֶל־הַלְוִיִּ֣ם תְּדַבֵּר֮ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶם֒ כִּֽי־תִ֠קְחוּ מֵאֵ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧תִּי לָכֶ֛ם מֵאִתָּ֖ם בְּנַחֲלַתְכֶ֑ם וַהֲרֵמֹתֶ֤ם מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִן־הַֽמַּעֲשֵֽׂר׃ [Numbers 18:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:698` 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 18:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.697/) - next →: [Numbers 18:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.699/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.26/)