--- title: Numbers 22:11 (JPS 1917) — Behold the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth; now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.' Who acts: you, people, ox, I. 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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, people, ox, I), 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:802 # text = Behold the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth; now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.' 1 Behold behold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 covereth cover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 22 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | imperative | you *not said here* | the people | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 2 | **come out** | present · passive | the people | Egypt | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient egypt=Result | | 3 | **cover** | present | ox | the face of the earth | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme face=Destination | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **curse** | infinitive | | people | me | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | shall | I | | | | | able, peradventure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **fight** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | against people | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drive out** | shall | I *not said here* | people | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | 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} הִנֵּ֤ה הָעָם֙ הַיֹּצֵ֣א מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וַיְכַ֖ס אֶת־עֵ֣ין הָאָ֑רֶץ עַתָּ֗ה לְכָ֤ה קָֽבָה־לִּי֙ אֹת֔וֹ אוּלַ֥י אוּכַ֛ל לְהִלָּ֥חֶם בּ֖וֹ וְגֵרַשְׁתִּֽיו׃ [Numbers 22:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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