--- title: Leviticus 6:5 (JPS 1917) — And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereby, it shall… · tree and pragmatics description: And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereby, it shall not go out; and the priest shall kindle wood on it every morning; and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall make smoke thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. Who acts: fire, altar, priest. 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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 (fire, altar, priest), 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:LEV:115 # text = And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereby, it shall not go out; and the priest shall kindle wood on it every morning; and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall make smoke thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 kindle kindle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 24 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 46 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ _ 54 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 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 | **keep** | shall · passive | | the fire upon the altar | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **burn** | gerund | the fire upon the altar *not said here* | | | | | thereby *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **go out** | shall | altar | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kindle** | shall | the priest | wood | | altar | morning | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wood=Patient | | 5 | **lay** | shall | fire | the burnt offering | | order | | upon altar | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent offering=Theme upon it=Destination | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **make** | shall | fire *not said here* | smoke the fat of the peace offerings | | | | thereon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smoke=Product | 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} וְהָאֵ֨שׁ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ תּֽוּקַד־בּוֹ֙ לֹ֣א תִכְבֶּ֔ה וּבִעֵ֨ר עָלֶ֧יהָ הַכֹּהֵ֛ן עֵצִ֖ים בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וְעָרַ֤ךְ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ הָֽעֹלָ֔ה וְהִקְטִ֥יר עָלֶ֖יהָ חֶלְבֵ֥י הַשְּׁלָמִֽים׃ [Leviticus 6:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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