--- title: Leviticus 2:2 (JPS 1917) — And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Torah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/) / [Leviticus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV/2/) / [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.2/) / JPS 1 # Leviticus 2:2 · JPS 1917 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. **Who acts:** he, Aaron, priest, memorial part · **What happens:** bring, take, make, smoke, offer · **To what, where:** frankincense, sons, handful, memorial part, offering, sweet savour This is Leviticus 2:2 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (he, Aaron, priest, memorial part), 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:18 # text = And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, together with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall make the memorial-part thereof smoke upon the altar, 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 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 thereout thereout ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 frankincense frankincense NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 37 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 56 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl:agent _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 64 unto unto ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 LORD Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **bring** | shall | he | frankincense | Aaron's sons | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to son=Destination | | 2 | **take** | shall | Aaron | Aaron's handful of the fine flour and the oil | | | | with all frankincense; thereout *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 3 | **make** | shall | the priest | the memorial part | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | infinitive | the memorial part *not said here* | | | | | upon the altar | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **make** | participle | | a offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **offer** | | | a sweet savour unto the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication 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} וֶֽהֱבִיאָ֗הּ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹן֮ הַכֹּהֲנִים֒ וְקָמַ֨ץ מִשָּׁ֜ם מְלֹ֣א קֻמְצ֗וֹ מִסָּלְתָּהּ֙ וּמִשַּׁמְנָ֔הּ עַ֖ל כָּל־לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־אַזְכָּרָתָהּ֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 2:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:18` 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 2:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.17/) - next →: [Leviticus 2:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.19/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.2/)