--- title: Numbers 23:9 (JPS 1917) — For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold… · tree and pragmatics description: For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who acts: I, top, people. 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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 (I, top, people), 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:842 # text = For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 1 For for ADP IN _ 9 cc _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 behold behold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 lo lo INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 parataxis _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 alone alone ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | I | LORD | | the top of the rocks | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | present | I | LORD | | the hills | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | top | a people | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dwell** | shall | a people | | | | | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **reckon** | shall · passive | top *not said here* | | | | | among the nations | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S» | 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} כִּֽי־מֵרֹ֤אשׁ צֻרִים֙ אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ הֶן־עָם֙ לְבָדָ֣ד יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃ [Numbers 23:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:842` 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 23:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.841/) - next →: [Numbers 23:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.843/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 23:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.9/)