--- title: Numbers 19:21 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinklet… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinkleth the water of sprinkling shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until even. Who acts: water, 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 (water, 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:725 # text = And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them; and he that sprinkleth the water of sprinkling shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until even. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 perpetual perpetual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 statute statute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sprinkleth sprinkle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sprinkling sprinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 20 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 toucheth touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 sprinkling sprinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 35 until until ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 a** | shall | water | a perpetual statute | | | | unto clothes | tree rules | | 2 | **sprinkle** | present | | the water of sprinkling | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 3 | **wash** | shall | man | man's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **touch** | present | | the water of sprinkling | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Co-Theme | | 5 | **is** | shall | man | | | | until even | 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} וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָּהֶ֖םלְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּמַזֵּ֤ה מֵֽי־הַנִּדָּה֙ יְכַבֵּ֣ס בְּגָדָ֔יו וְהַנֹּגֵ֙עַ֙ בְּמֵ֣י הַנִּדָּ֔ה יִטְמָ֖א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ [Numbers 19:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.19.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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