--- title: Numbers 20:10 (JPS 1917) — And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring you forth water out of this rock?' Who acts: Moses, Aaron, we. 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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 (Moses, Aaron, we), 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:736 # text = And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring you forth water out of this rock?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 rebels rebel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 vocative _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 out out ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | Moses and Aaron | the assembly | | | before the rock | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assembly=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Aaron | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | infinitive | | | | | now | ye's rebels *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **bring** | present | we | water | you | this rock | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination water=Theme | 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} וַיַּקְהִ֜לוּ מֹשֶׁ֧ה וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן אֶת־הַקָּהָ֖ל אֶל־פְּנֵ֣י הַסָּ֑לַע וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם שִׁמְעוּ־נָא֙ הַמֹּרִ֔ים הֲמִן־הַסֶּ֣לַע הַזֶּ֔ה נוֹצִ֥יא לָכֶ֖ם מָֽיִם׃ [Numbers 20:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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