--- title: Numbers 21:8 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.' Who acts: LORD, bread, one. 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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 (LORD, bread, one), 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:763 # text = And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.' 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|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pole pole NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 bitten bite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Moses | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | | thee | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset serpent=Product | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | | bread | | a pole | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon pole=Destination | | 4 | **come** | shall | bread | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | bread *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bite** | present · passive | | every one | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **see** | present | LORD | bread | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **live** | shall | every one | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ שָׂרָ֔ף וְשִׂ֥ים אֹת֖וֹ עַל־נֵ֑ס וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ וְרָאָ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ וָחָֽי׃ [Numbers 21:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:763` 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 21:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.762/) - next →: [Numbers 21:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.764/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 21:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.8/)