--- title: Numbers 25:6 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. Who acts: one, children. 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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 (one, children), 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:899 # text = And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Midianitish Midianitish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 while while SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 11 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 | **come** | past | one of the children of Israel | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | past | one of the children of Israel *not said here* | | a Midianitish woman | the sight of Moses | | unto Israel's brethren; in the sight of all congregation of the children of Israel | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination | | 3 | **weep** | past · progressive | children *= child* | | | the door of the tent of meeting | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sight** | | | Moses | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **sight** | | | all congregation of the children of Israel | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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} וְהִנֵּ֡ה אִישׁ֩ מִבְּנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל בָּ֗א וַיַּקְרֵ֤ב אֶל־אֶחָיו֙ אֶת־הַמִּדְיָנִ֔ית לְעֵינֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה וּלְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהֵ֣מָּה בֹכִ֔ים פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃ [Numbers 25:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.25.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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