--- title: Leviticus 9:3 (JPS 1917) — And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a… · tree and pragmatics description: And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering; Who acts: thou. 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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), 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:213 # text = And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 unto unto ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 8 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 iobj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 27 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ _ 36 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 blemish blemish NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 45 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | shall | thou | | | | | unto the children of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | a he goat | ye | | | for a sin offering; for a burnt offering | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ye=Theme goat=Destination | 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} וְאֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל תְּדַבֵּ֣ר לֵאמֹ֑ר קְח֤וּ שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים֙ לְחַטָּ֔את וְעֵ֨גֶל וָכֶ֧בֶשׂ בְּנֵי־שָׁנָ֛ה תְּמִימִ֖ם לְעֹלָֽה׃ [Leviticus 9:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.9.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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