--- title: Numbers 27:1 (JPS 1917) — Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the s… · tree and pragmatics description: Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. Who acts: these. 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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 (these), 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:982 # text = Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 near near ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Zelophehad Zelophehad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Hepher Hepher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Machir Machir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Mahlah Mahlah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 Hoglah Hoglah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 Milcah Milcah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 Tirzah Tirzah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 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 | **draw** | past | | | | | then | near the daughters of Zelophehad | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | these | the names | | | | of Joseph's daughters | 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} וַתִּקְרַ֜בְנָה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֗ד בֶּן־חֵ֤פֶר בֶּן־גִּלְעָד֙ בֶּן־מָכִ֣יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה בֶן־יוֹסֵ֑ף וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת בְּנֹתָ֔יו מַחְלָ֣ה נֹעָ֔ה וְחָגְלָ֥ה וּמִלְכָּ֖ה וְתִרְצָֽה׃ [Numbers 27:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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