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title: Numbers 20:12 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.' Who acts: LORD, ye, I. Numbers 20:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatic
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# Numbers 20:12 · JPS 1917

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And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.'

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**Who acts:** LORD, ye, I · **What happens:** say, not believe, sanctify, not bring, give · **To what, where:** Me, eyes, assembly, land, Moses · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Numbers 20:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (LORD, ye, I), 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:738
# text = And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in Me, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	_
11	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
13	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	advcl	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	sanctify	sanctify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
20	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
31	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	nsubj	_	_
32	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	34	advmod	_	_
34	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
35	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
36	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	43	obj	_	_
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	acl:relcl	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	iobj	_	_
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
46	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  | unto Moses and Aaron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **believe** | past | ye |  |  |  |  | in Me | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **sanctify** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | Me |  | the eyes of the children of Israel |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **bring** | shall | ye | this assembly |  | the land |  | therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent assembly=Theme into land=Destination |
| 5 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the land | Moses |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient which=Theme |

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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}

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֒ יַ֚עַן לֹא־הֶאֱמַנְתֶּ֣ם בִּ֔י לְהַ֨קְדִּישֵׁ֔נִי לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָכֵ֗ן לֹ֤א תָבִ֙יאוּ֙ אֶת־הַקָּהָ֣ל הַזֶּ֔ה אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי לָהֶֽם׃

[Numbers 20:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:738` of Mova's parse database.

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