--- title: Numbers 20:17 (JPS 1917) — Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through… · tree and pragmatics description: Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.' 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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 (you, us, I, 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:743 # text = Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.' 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 vineyard vineyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 wells well NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 37 along along ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 47 aside aside ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 55 cc _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 until until SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 61 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | thy land | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **pass** | future | we | | | field or vineyard | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through field=Location | | 5 | **drink** | future | we | | | | | of the water of the wells | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of water=Source | | 6 | **go** | future | we | | | the king's highway | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along highway=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **not** **turn** | future | we | | | the right hand nor the left | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hand=Trajectory | | 8 | **pass** | present · perfect | we | thy border | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme border=Trajectory | 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} נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃ [Numbers 20:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:743` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Numbers 20:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.742/) - next →: [Numbers 20:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.744/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.17/)