--- title: Numbers 24:11 (JPS 1917) — Therefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote thee unto… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.' Who acts: thou, I, LORD. 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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 (thou, I, LORD), 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:878 # text = Therefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.' 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 flee flee VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 promote promote VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 lo lo INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | infinitive | thou | | | thy place | now | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **promote** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | thee | | | | unto great honour | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 4 | **keep back** | present · perfect | the LORD | thee | | honour | | | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer thou=Beneficiary from honour=Eventuality | 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} וְעַתָּ֖ה בְּרַח־לְךָ֣ אֶל־מְקוֹמֶ֑ךָ אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ כַּבֵּ֣ד אֲכַבֶּדְךָ֔ וְהִנֵּ֛ה מְנָעֲךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה מִכָּבֽוֹד׃ [Numbers 24:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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