--- title: Leviticus 7:21 (JPS 1917) — And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the un… · tree and pragmatics description: And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean detestable thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 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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 (one, thing, 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:156 # text = And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean detestable thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, that soul shall be cut off from his people. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 7 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 8 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 uncleanness uncleanness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advcl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 26 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 detestable detestable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ _ 41 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 pertain pertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 54 off off ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 55 from from ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | shall | any one | any unclean thing | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Co-Theme | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | thing | the uncleanness or any unclean detestable thing | | | | of man or a unclean beast | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | infinitive | any one *not said here* | | | | | of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of flesh=Source | | 4 | **pertain** | present | the sacrifice of peace offerings | | | | | unto the LORD | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cut off** | shall · passive | | that soul | | | | from soul's people | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from people=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **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} וְנֶ֜פֶשׁ כִּֽי־תִגַּ֣ע בְּכָל־טָמֵ֗א בְּטֻמְאַ֤ת אָדָם֙ א֣וֹ ׀ בִּבְהֵמָ֣ה טְמֵאָ֗ה א֚וֹ בְּכָל־שֶׁ֣קֶץ טָמֵ֔א וְאָכַ֛ל מִבְּשַׂר־זֶ֥בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לַיהוָ֑ה וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃פ [Leviticus 7:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:156` 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 7:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.155/) - next →: [Leviticus 7:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.157/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.21/)