--- title: Numbers 20:19 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the high… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.' Who acts: children, We, I, me. 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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 (children, We, I, me), 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:745 # text = And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 11 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 44 through through ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the children of Israel | | | | | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go up** | future | We | | | | | by the highway | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **drink** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | of thy water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of water=Source | | 4 | **give** | future | I | the price | | | then | thereof *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass through** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | my feet | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on foot=Location | | 7 | **be** | present | no hurt | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֥יו בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֘לבַּֽמְסִלָּ֣ה נַעֲלֶה֒ וְאִם־מֵימֶ֤יךָ נִשְׁתֶּה֙ אֲנִ֣י וּמִקְנַ֔י וְנָתַתִּ֖י מִכְרָ֑ם רַ֥ק אֵין־דָּבָ֖ר בְּרַגְלַ֥י אֶֽעֱבֹֽרָה׃ [Numbers 20:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:745` 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 20:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.744/) - next →: [Numbers 20:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.746/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 20:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.19/)