--- title: Leviticus 9:7 (JPS 1917) — And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy… · tree and pragmatics description: And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and present the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.' Who acts: Moses, LORD, thy. 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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, LORD, thy), 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:217 # text = And Moses said unto Aaron: 'Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people; and present the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.' 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 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 near near ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 23 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 29 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 48 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Moses | | | | | unto Aaron | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **draw** | infinitive | | | | | | unto the altar; near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **offer** | infinitive | | thy sin offering and thy burnt offering | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | | atonement | | | | for thyself; for the people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for thyself=Asset | | 5 | **present** | infinitive | | the offering of the people | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | | atonement | | | | for people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for they=Asset | | 7 | **command** | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **offer** | | thy | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **offer** | | thy | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **offer** | | | the people | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קְרַ֤ב אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ וַעֲשֵׂ֞ה אֶת־חַטָּֽאתְךָ֙ וְאֶת־עֹ֣לָתֶ֔ךָ וְכַפֵּ֥ר בַּֽעַדְךָ֖ וּבְעַ֣ד הָעָ֑ם וַעֲשֵׂ֞ה אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן הָעָם֙ וְכַפֵּ֣ר בַּֽעֲדָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 9:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.9.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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