--- title: Numbers 24:17 (JPS 1917) — I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step… · tree and pragmatics description: I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth. Who acts: I, scepter. 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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, scepter), 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:884 # text = I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 conj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 behold behold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 10 conj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 scepter scepter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 39 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 down down ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Seth Seth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | I | LORD | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **behold** | present | I | LORD | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **step** | shall | | a star | | Jacob; there | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location star=Theme | | 4 | **rise** | shall | a scepter | | | Israel | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out israel=Location | | 5 | **smite** | shall | a scepter *not said here* | | | the corners of Moab | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **break down** | infinitive | a scepter *not said here* | all sons of Seth | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | 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} אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃ [Numbers 24:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:884` 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 24:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.883/) - next →: [Numbers 24:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.885/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 24:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.17/)