--- title: Numbers 19:20 (JPS 1917) — But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, tha… · tree and pragmatics description: But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath not been dashed against him: he is unclean. Who acts: man. 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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), 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:724 # text = But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath not been dashed against him: he is unclean. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 purify purify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 defiled defile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 sprinkling sprinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 dashed dash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 19 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 | **is** | shall | the man | | | | | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **purify** | shall | the man *not said here* | man | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | the man | | the midst of the assembly | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from midst=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **defile** | present · perfect | man | the sanctuary of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **dash** | present · perfect · passive | | the water of sprinkling | | | | against man | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument against he=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | man | | | | | unclean *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} וְאִ֤ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִטְמָא֙ וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַקָּהָ֑ל כִּי֩ אֶת־מִקְדַּ֨שׁ יְהוָ֜ה טִמֵּ֗א מֵ֥י נִדָּ֛ה לֹא־זֹרַ֥ק עָלָ֖יו טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃ [Numbers 19:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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