--- title: Numbers 27:11 (JPS 1917) — And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritan… · tree and pragmatics description: And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. Who acts: father, ye, kinsman, man. 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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 (father, ye, kinsman, man), 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:993 # text = And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 kinsman kinsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man's father | no brethren | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brethren=Patient | | 2 | **give** | shall | ye | man's inheritance | | | then | unto man's kinsman | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | man's kinsman | | man | | | of man's family; next *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **possess** | shall | father | inheritance | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **inherit** | | man | | | | | | nom inheritance «act 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} וְאִם־אֵ֣ין אַחִים֮ לְאָבִיו֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֣ם אֶת־נַחֲלָת֗וֹ לִשְׁאֵר֞וֹ הַקָּרֹ֥ב אֵלָ֛יו מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ וְיָרַ֣שׁ אֹתָ֑הּ וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה לִבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְחֻקַּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֔ט כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־מֹשֶֽׁה׃ס [Numbers 27:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.11/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it.** 2. [And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.994/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:NUM:993` 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 27:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.992/) - next →: [Numbers 27:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.994/) - ↑ back to [Numbers 27:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.11/)