--- title: Leviticus 9:18 (JPS 1917) — He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, w… · tree and pragmatics description: He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he dashed it against the altar round about, Who acts: offering, sacrifice, sons. 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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 (offering, sacrifice, sons), 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:228 # text = He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he dashed it against the altar round about, 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 ram ram NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 acl:relcl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 against against ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 round round ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 about about ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slay** | past | offering | the ox and the ram | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the sacrifice of peace offerings | | | | | for the people | tree rules | | 3 | **deliver** | past | Aaron's sons | the blood | offering | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary blood=Patient | | 4 | **dash** | past | offering | blood | | | | against the altar; about *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument against altar=Patient | | 5 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act 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} וַיִּשְׁחַ֤ט אֶת־הַשּׁוֹר֙ וְאֶת־הָאַ֔יִל זֶ֥בַח הַשְּׁלָמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָעָ֑ם וַ֠יַּמְצִאוּ בְּנֵ֨י אַהֲרֹ֤ן אֶת־הַדָּם֙ אֵלָ֔יו וַיִּזְרְקֵ֥הוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃ [Leviticus 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.9.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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