--- title: Numbers 22:6 (JPS 1917) — Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are… · tree and pragmatics description: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.' 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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, I, people, 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:797 # text = Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.' 1 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 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 , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 50 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 51 blessest bless VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 58 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 59 nsubj _ _ 59 cursest curse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 cursed curse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **curse** | infinitive | you *not said here* | this people | me | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | people | | | | | for me; mighty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prevail** | shall | I | | | | | peradventure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **smite** | may | we | people | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 7 | **drive** | may | I | people | | the land | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out land=Trajectory | | 8 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **bless** | present | thou | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 10 | **bless** | present · passive | | Balak | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **curse** | present | thou | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 12 | **curse** | present · passive | | Balak | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וְעַתָּה֩ לְכָה־נָּ֨א אָֽרָה־לִּ֜י אֶת־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כִּֽי־עָצ֥וּם הוּא֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי אוּלַ֤י אוּכַל֙ נַכֶּה־בּ֔וֹ וַאֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ מִן־הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי אֵ֤ת אֲשֶׁר־תְּבָרֵךְ֙ מְבֹרָ֔ךְ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּאֹ֖ר יוּאָֽר׃ [Numbers 22:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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