--- title: Leviticus 6:21 (JPS 1917) — But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if… · tree and pragmatics description: But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 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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: 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:132 # text = But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 earthen earthen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 sodden sodden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 sodden sodden VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 brazen brazen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 scoured scour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 rinsed rinse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 11 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 | **sodden** | present · passive | | vessel | | | | wherein *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **break** | shall · passive | | the earthen vessel | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **sodden** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | vessel | | a brazen vessel | | | tree rules | | 4 | **scour** | shall · passive | | vessel | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **rinse** | participle | | | | water | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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} וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּבֻשַּׁל־בּ֖וֹ יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר וְאִם־בִּכְלִ֤י נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בֻּשָּׁ֔לָה וּמֹרַ֥ק וְשֻׁטַּ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃ [Leviticus 6:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:132` 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 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.131/) - next →: [Leviticus 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.133/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.21/)