--- title: Leviticus 2:4 (JPS 1917) — And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall b… · tree and pragmatics description: And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. Who acts: thou, 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 (thou, 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:20 # text = And when thou bringest a meal-offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bringest bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 baked bake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 oven oven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 wafers wafer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ _ 29 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | present | thou | a meal offering | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 2 | **bake** | participle | | a meal offering *not said here* | | | | in the oven | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient in oven=Instrument | | 3 | **is a** | shall | offering | unleavened cakes or unleavened wafers | | | | of fine flour | tree rules | | 4 | **mingle** | participle | | fine flour *not said here* | | | | with oil | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with oil=Co-Patient | | 5 | **spread** | participle | | unleavened wafers *not said here* | | | | with oil | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְכִ֥י תַקְרִ֛ב קָרְבַּ֥ן מִנְחָ֖ה מַאֲפֵ֣ה תַנּ֑וּר סֹ֣לֶת חַלּ֤וֹת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֥ים בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ס [Leviticus 2:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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