--- title: Leviticus 6:15 (JPS 1917) — And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his so… · tree and pragmatics description: And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it, it is a due for ever; it shall be wholly made to smoke unto the LORD. Who acts: anointed priest, offering. 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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 (anointed priest, offering), 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:126 # text = And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it, it is a due for ever; it shall be wholly made to smoke unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 anointed anoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 due due NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 24 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 fixed _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 wholly wholly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 16 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 | **anoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | shall | the anointed priest | | | priest's stead | | from priest's sons | tree rules | | 3 | **offer** | shall | the anointed priest | offering | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | offering | | | | | for a due | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | shall · passive | | offering | | | | wholly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **smoke** | to-infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | | | 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} וְהַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַמָּשִׁ֧יחַ תַּחְתָּ֛יו מִבָּנָ֖יו יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֑הּ חָק־עוֹלָ֕ם לַיהוָ֖ה כָּלִ֥יל תָּקְטָֽר׃ [Leviticus 6:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:126` 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 6:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.125/) - next →: [Leviticus 6:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.127/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.15/)