--- title: Numbers 19:12 (JPS 1917) — the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the… · tree and pragmatics description: the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean. Who acts: same. 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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 (same), 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:716 # text = the same shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean. 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 same same NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 purify purify VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **purify** | shall | the same | same | | | day | therewith *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 2 | **is** | shall | same | | | | | clean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **purify** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | same | same | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **not** **is** | shall | same | | | | | clean *property* | 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} ה֣וּא יִתְחַטָּא־ב֞וֹ בַּיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י יִטְהָ֑ר וְאִם־לֹ֨א יִתְחַטָּ֜א בַּיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֛י וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י לֹ֥א יִטְהָֽר׃ [Numbers 19:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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