--- title: Deuteronomy 18:1 (JPS 1917) — The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no p… · tree and pragmatics description: The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance. Who acts: priests, Israel. 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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 (priests, Israel), 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:DEU:499 # text = The priests the Levites, even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and His inheritance. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tribe tribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Levi Levi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 18 cc _ _ 18 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:agent _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **have** | shall | the priests | no portion | | | | with Israel | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 2 | **eat** | shall | priests *= priest* | the offerings of the LORD and Israel's inheritance | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 3 | **make** | participle | | the offerings of the LORD and Israel's inheritance *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **offer** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **inherit** | | Israel | | | | | | 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} לֹֽא־יִ֠הְיֶה לַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים הַלְוִיִּ֜ם כָּל־שֵׁ֧בֶט לֵוִ֛י חֵ֥לֶק וְנַחֲלָ֖ה עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִשֵּׁ֧י יְהוָ֛ה וְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ יֹאכֵלֽוּן׃ [Deuteronomy 18:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.18.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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