--- title: Leviticus 8:31 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: 'Boil the flesh at the do… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: 'Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it. Who acts: Moses, bread, I, Aaron. 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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 (Moses, bread, I, Aaron), 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:205 # text = And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: 'Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Boil boil VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 26 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 consecration consecration NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 45 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto Aaron and Moses's sons | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **boil** | infinitive | | the flesh | | the door of the tent of meeting | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | infinitive | | flesh | | there | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | the bread | | | the basket | | of consecration | tree rules | | 5 | **command** | past | I | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **eat** | shall | Aaron and Moses's sons | flesh | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן וְאֶל־בָּנָ֗יו בַּשְּׁל֣וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר֮ פֶּ֣תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֒ וְשָׁם֙ תֹּאכְל֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ וְאֶ֨ת־הַלֶּ֔חֶם אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּסַ֣ל הַמִּלֻּאִ֑ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוֵּ֙יתִי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּבָנָ֖יו יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃ [Leviticus 8:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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