--- title: Leviticus 1:15 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar. Who acts: 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 (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:14 # text = And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 pinch pinch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 drained drain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **bring** | shall | the priest | offering | | | | unto the altar | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **pinch off** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | offering's head | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | offering | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | the altar | | | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drain out** | shall · passive | | the blood | | the side of the altar | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | 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} וְהִקְרִיב֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וּמָלַק֙ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְנִמְצָ֣ה דָמ֔וֹ עַ֖ל קִ֥יר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ [Leviticus 1:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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