--- title: Numbers 23:13 (JPS 1917) — And Balak said unto him: 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another pl… · tree and pragmatics description: And Balak said unto him: 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.' Who acts: Balak, I, thou. 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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 (Balak, I, thou), 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:848 # text = And Balak said unto him: 'Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Balak Balak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 det _ _ 18 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 30 but but ADV CC _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 thence thence ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Balak | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | with me; unto another place | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | may | thou | enemies *= enemy* | | | | whence *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | shall | thou | the utmost part of enemies | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **see** | shall | thou *not said here* | enemies *= enemy* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 7 | **curse** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | enemies *= enemy* | me | | | thence *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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו בָּלָ֗ק לְכָה־נָּ֨א אִתִּ֜י אֶל־מָק֤וֹם אַחֵר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּרְאֶ֣נּוּ מִשָּׁ֔ם אֶ֚פֶס קָצֵ֣הוּ תִרְאֶ֔ה וְכֻלּ֖וֹ לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה וְקָבְנוֹ־לִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃ [Numbers 23:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.23.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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