--- title: Leviticus 6:11 (JPS 1917) — Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a due for e… · tree and pragmatics description: Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. Who acts: male, whatsoever. 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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 (male, whatsoever), 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:122 # text = Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire; whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 male male NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 due due NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 18 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 32 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 toucheth touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 csubj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | may | every male among the children of Aaron | | | the offerings of the LORD | | of part; as a due for your generations | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of it=Source | | 2 | **make** | participle | | the LORD *not said here* | | | | by fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **touch** | present | whatsoever | generations *= generation* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | | 4 | **is** | shall | | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **offer** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} כָּל־זָכָ֞ר בִּבְנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ יֹֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה חָק־עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מֵאִשֵּׁ֖י יְהוָ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּ֥ע בָּהֶ֖ם יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃פ [Leviticus 6:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:122` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 6:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.121/) - next →: [Leviticus 6:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.123/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.11/)