--- title: Haggai 2:12 (JPS 1917) — If one bear hallowed flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his… · tree and pragmatics description: If one bear hallowed flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy?' And the priests answered and said: 'No.' Who acts: one, flesh, priests. 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And the priests answered and said: 'No.' **Who acts:** one, flesh, priests · **What happens:** bear, touch, be, answer, say · **To what, where:** hallowed flesh, skirt, bread · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Haggai 2:12 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, flesh, priests), 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:HAG:28 # text = If one bear hallowed flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy?' And the priests answered and said: 'No.' 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bear bear VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 4 hallowed hallow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 with with 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 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 17 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 19 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 pottage pottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 48 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 45 ccomp _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | one | hallowed flesh | | the skirt of LORD's garment | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | | 2 | **touch** | present · do-support | one *not said here* | bread or pottage or wine or oil or any food | | | | with LORD's skirt | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bread=Theme with skirt=Instrument | | 3 | **is** | shall | flesh | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the priests | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the priests *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} הֵ֣ן ׀ יִשָּׂא־אִ֨ישׁ בְּשַׂר־קֹ֜דֶשׁ בִּכְנַ֣ף בִּגְד֗וֹ וְנָגַ֣ע בִּ֠כְנָפוֹ אֶל־הַלֶּ֨חֶם וְאֶל־הַנָּזִ֜יד וְאֶל־הַיַּ֧יִן וְאֶל־שֶׁ֛מֶן וְאֶל־כָּל־מַאֲכָ֖ל הֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁ וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹֽא׃ [Haggai 2:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:HAG:28` 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: [Haggai 2:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAG.27/) - next →: [Haggai 2:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAG.29/) - ↑ back to [Haggai 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.12/)