--- title: Numbers 19:10 (JPS 1917) — And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes… · tree and pragmatics description: And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. Who acts: man, even, stranger. 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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, even, stranger), 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:714 # text = And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gathereth gather VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 heifer heifer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 18 until until ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sojourneth sojourn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 ever ever NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 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 | **gather** | present | | the ashes of the heifer | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme | | 2 | **wash** | shall | man | man's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | until the even | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | shall | even | | | | | unto the children and the stranger; of Israel; for a statute | tree rules | | 5 | **sojourn** | present | the stranger | | | | | among ashes *= ash* | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among they=Location | 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} וְ֠כִבֶּס הָאֹסֵ֨ף אֶת־אֵ֤פֶר הַפָּרָה֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וְטָמֵ֖א עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְלַגֵּ֛ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכָ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָֽם׃ [Numbers 19:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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