--- title: Numbers 18:30 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best there… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. Who acts: thou, ye. 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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), 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:702 # text = Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 When when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 11 apart apart ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 best best NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 13 nmod _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ _ 33 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 increase increase NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 43 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | | unto best; therefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **set apart** | present | ye | the best | | part | | apart *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient best=Result | | 3 | **count** | shall · passive | | part | | | then | unto the Levites; as the increase of the threshing floor | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as increase=Attribute | 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} וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֲלֵהֶ֑ם בַּהֲרִֽימְכֶ֤ם אֶת־חֶלְבּוֹ֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וְנֶחְשַׁב֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם כִּתְבוּאַ֥ת גֹּ֖רֶן וְכִתְבוּאַ֥ת יָֽקֶב׃ [Numbers 18:30: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.30/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:702` 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 18:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.701/) - next →: [Numbers 18:31 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.703/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 18:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.30/)