--- title: Leviticus 1:17 (JPS 1917) — And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it a… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. Who acts: Aaron, priest, offering, wood. 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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 (Aaron, priest, offering, wood), 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:16 # text = And he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire; it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 rend rend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 asunder asunder ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 43 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 55 unto unto ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 LORD Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rend** | shall | Aaron | offering | | | | by the wings | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **not** **divide** | shall | Aaron *not said here* | offering | | | | asunder *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **make** | shall | the priest | offering | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | | | upon the altar; upon the wood | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | the wood | | | | | upon the fire | tree rules | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | present | offering | a burnt offering | | | | of a sweet savour unto the LORD | tree rules | | 8 | **make** | participle | | a offering *not said here* | | | | by fire | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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} וְשִׁסַּ֨ע אֹת֣וֹ בִכְנָפָיו֮ לֹ֣א יַבְדִּיל֒ וְהִקְטִ֨יר אֹת֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָאֵ֑שׁ עֹלָ֣ה ה֗וּא אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃ס [Leviticus 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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