--- title: Numbers 22:33 (JPS 1917) — and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; un… · tree and pragmatics description: and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.' Who acts: ass, sword, 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 (ass, sword, 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:824 # text = and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 aside aside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 16 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 20 aside aside ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 surely surely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 25 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 slain slain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the ass | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | past | the ass *not said here* | | | | before me; time | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme before i=Trajectory | | 3 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | sword | | | | | from me; aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from i=Trajectory | | 4 | **slain** | past · perfect | I | thee | | | now | surely *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **save** | participle | I *not said here* | sword | | | | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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} וַתִּרְאַ֙נִי֙ הָֽאָת֔וֹן וַתֵּ֣ט לְפָנַ֔י זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֑ים אוּלַי֙ נָטְתָ֣ה מִפָּנַ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֛ה גַּם־אֹתְכָ֥ה הָרַ֖גְתִּי וְאוֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ [Numbers 22:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.22.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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