--- title: Numbers 19:19 (JPS 1917) — And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third da… · tree and pragmatics description: And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. Who acts: clean person, person. 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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 (clean person, person), 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:723 # text = And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sprinkle sprinkle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 unclean unclean NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 34 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 47 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **sprinkle** | shall | the clean person | | | the unclean | day | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon unclean=Destination | | 2 | **purify** | shall | person | man | | | day | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **wash** | shall | person | person's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **bathe** | infinitive | person *not said here* | person | | | | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination in water=Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | person *not said here* | | | even | | 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} וְהִזָּ֤ה הַטָּהֹר֙ עַל־הַטָּמֵ֔א בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖י וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י וְחִטְּאוֹ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָהֵ֥ר בָּעָֽרֶב׃ [Numbers 19:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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