--- title: Numbers 19:9 (JPS 1917) — And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification from sin. Who acts: man, camp. 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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 (man, camp), 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:713 # text = And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification from sin. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN _ 8 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ _ 6 cop _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 without without ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD _ 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 sprinkling sprinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 purification purification NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a man | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **gather up** | shall | a man | the ashes of the heifer | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | | 3 | **lay up** | infinitive | a man *not said here* | ashes *= ash* | | a clean place | | without the camp | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in place=Destination | | 4 | **keep** | shall · passive | | camp | | | | for the congregation of the children of Israel; for a water of sprinkling | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | camp | a purification | | sin | | | tree rules | 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} וְאָסַ֣ף ׀ אִ֣ישׁ טָה֗וֹר אֵ֚ת אֵ֣פֶר הַפָּרָ֔ה וְהִנִּ֛יחַ מִח֥וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה בְּמָק֣וֹם טָה֑וֹר וְ֠הָיְתָה לַעֲדַ֨ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לְמִשְׁמֶ֛רֶת לְמֵ֥י נִדָּ֖ה חַטָּ֥את הִֽוא׃ [Numbers 19:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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