--- title: Leviticus 6:18 (JPS 1917) — Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin… · tree and pragmatics description: Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy. Who acts: you, This, 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 (you, This, 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:129 # text = Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the law of the sin-offering: in the place where the burnt-offering is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before the LORD; it is most holy. 1 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | unto Aaron and Aaron's sons | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | This | the law | | | | of the sin offering | tree rules | | 4 | **kill** | present · passive | | the burnt offering | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | shall · passive | | the sin offering | | the place | before the LORD | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | offering | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | 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} דַּבֵּ֤ר אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן֙ וְאֶל־בָּנָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַֽחַטָּ֑את בִּמְק֡וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ תִּשָּׁחֵ֨ט הָעֹלָ֜ה תִּשָּׁחֵ֤ט הַֽחַטָּאת֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הִֽוא׃ [Leviticus 6:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:129` 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 6:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.128/) - next →: [Leviticus 6:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.130/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.18/)