--- title: Deuteronomy 24:8 (JPS 1917) — Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, an… · tree and pragmatics description: Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. Who acts: you, thou, priests, I. 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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 (you, thou, priests, I), 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:647 # text = Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you, as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 observe observe VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 12 diligently diligently ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 do do VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 case _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 15 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 appos _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | heed | | the plague of leprosy | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent heed=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **observe** | present | thou | | | | | diligently *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | present | thou *not said here* | | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | shall | the priests | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent that=Recipient you=Topic | | 6 | **command** | past | I | priests *= priest* | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 7 | **observe** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **plague** | | | leprosy | | | | | nom plague «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} הִשָּׁ֧מֶר בְּנֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַ֛עַת לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹ֖ד וְלַעֲשׂ֑וֹת כְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־יוֹר֨וּ אֶתְכֶ֜ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים הַלְוִיִּ֛ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִ֖ם תִּשְׁמְר֥וּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ס [Deuteronomy 24:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.24.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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