--- title: Haggai 2:13 (JPS 1917) — Then said Haggai: 'If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any o… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Haggai: 'If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean?' And the priests answered and said: 'It shall be unclean.' Who acts: Haggai, one, body, priests. 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And the priests answered and said: 'It shall be unclean.' **Who acts:** Haggai, one, body, priests · **What happens:** say, be, touch, answer · **To what, where:** any · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Haggai 2:13 · 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 (Haggai, one, body, 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:29 # text = Then said Haggai: 'If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean?' And the priests answered and said: 'It shall be unclean.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Haggai Haggai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 touch touch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 16 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 34 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Haggai | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | by a dead body; unclean *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one | any | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme any=Co-Theme | | 4 | **is** | shall | body | | | | | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the priests | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the priests *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | shall | body | | | | | unclean *property* | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַגַּ֔י אִם־יִגַּ֧ע טְמֵא־נֶ֛פֶשׁ בְּכָל־אֵ֖לֶּה הֲיִטְמָ֑א וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יִטְמָֽא׃ [Haggai 2:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAG.2.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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