--- title: Numbers 20:24 (JPS 1917) — 'Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter int… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against My word at the waters of Meribah. Who acts: Aaron, I, ye, My. 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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 (Aaron, I, ye, My), 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:750 # text = 'Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against My word at the waters of Meribah. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 2 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 because because SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rebelled rebel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Meribah Meribah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | shall · passive | | Aaron | | | | unto Aaron's people | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **enter** | shall | Aaron | | | the land | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the land | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 4 | **rebel** | past | ye | | | the waters of Meribah | | against My word | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against word=Maleficiary | | 5 | **word** | | My | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} יֵאָסֵ֤ף אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־עַמָּ֔יו כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָבֹא֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־מְרִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־פִּ֖י לְמֵ֥י מְרִיבָֽה׃ [Numbers 20:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:750` 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 20:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.749/) - next →: [Numbers 20:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.751/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 20:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.20.24/)