--- title: Leviticus 7:20 (JPS 1917) — But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offe… · tree and pragmatics description: But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Who acts: soul, sacrifice. 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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 (soul, sacrifice), 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:155 # text = But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 dep _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 eateth eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pertain pertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 uncleanness uncleanness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | the soul | | | | | of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of flesh=Source | | 2 | **pertain** | present | the sacrifice of peace offerings | | | | | unto the LORD | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the sacrifice of peace offerings *not said here* | flesh's uncleanness | | | | upon flesh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent uncleanness=Patient | | 4 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | that soul | | | | from flesh's people | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from people=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act 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} וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאכַ֣ל בָּשָׂ֗ר מִזֶּ֤בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַיהוָ֔ה וְטֻמְאָת֖וֹ עָלָ֑יו וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ [Leviticus 7:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:155` 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 7:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.154/) - next →: [Leviticus 7:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.156/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.20/)