--- title: Numbers 21:24 (JPS 1917) — And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his l… · tree and pragmatics description: And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. Who acts: Israel, 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 (Israel, border), 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:780 # text = And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Arnon Arnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Jabbok Jabbok PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smite** | past | Israel | Sihon | | | | with the edge of the sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with edge=Instrument | | 2 | **possess** | past | Israel *not said here* | Israel's land | | the Arnon | | unto the Jabbok; unto the children of Ammon | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the border of the children of Ammon | | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיַּכֵּ֥הוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וַיִּירַ֨שׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֜וֹ מֵֽאַרְנֹ֗ן עַד־יַבֹּק֙ עַד־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ [Numbers 21:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:780` 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 21:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.779/) - next →: [Numbers 21:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.781/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 21:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.24/)