--- title: Leviticus 6:8 (JPS 1917) — And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 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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, frankincense, memorial part), 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:118 # text = And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meal-offering, and shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 therefrom therefrom ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 24 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 36 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ _ 44 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 unto unto ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | shall | fire | fire's handful of the fine flour of the meal offering and the oil and all frankincense | | | | therefrom *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | all frankincense | | | | | upon the meal offering | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | shall | fire *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | infinitive | the memorial part | | | | | upon the altar; for a sweet savour unto the LORD | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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} וְהֵרִ֨ים מִמֶּ֜נּוּ בְּקֻמְצ֗וֹ מִסֹּ֤לֶת הַמִּנְחָה֙ וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ וְאֵת֙ כָּל־הַלְּבֹנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַמִּנְחָ֑ה וְהִקְטִ֣יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ רֵ֧יחַ נִיחֹ֛חַ אַזְכָּרָתָ֖הּ לַיהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 6:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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