--- title: Numbers 24:13 (JPS 1917) — If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot g… · tree and pragmatics description: If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaketh, that will I speak? Who acts: Balak, I, LORD, mine. 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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, LORD, mine), 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:880 # text = If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaketh, that will I speak? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Balak Balak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 18 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 27 either either CCONJ CC _ 28 cc:preconj _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 obj _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 speaketh speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 csubj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ _ 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Balak | Balak's house | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient house=Theme | | 2 | **not** **go** | can | I | | | the word of the LORD | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beyond word=Location | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | good | | | | of mine own mind | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | the LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | I | that | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **mind** | | mine | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} אִם־יִתֶּן־לִ֨י בָלָ֜ק מְלֹ֣א בֵיתוֹ֮ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָב֒ לֹ֣א אוּכַ֗ל לַעֲבֹר֙ אֶת־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת טוֹבָ֛ה א֥וֹ רָעָ֖ה מִלִּבִּ֑י אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֹת֥וֹ אֲדַבֵּֽר׃ [Numbers 24:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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