--- title: Leviticus 2:9 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall take off from the meal-offering the memorial-pa… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall take off from the meal-offering the memorial-part thereof, and shall make it smoke upon the altar — an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. Who acts: priest, 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 (priest, 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:25 # text = And the priest shall take off from the meal-offering the memorial-part thereof, and shall make it smoke upon the altar — an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 off off ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 11 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 16 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 — — PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:agent _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 savour savour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | shall | the priest | the memorial part | | the meal offering | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent part=Theme from offering=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | shall | the priest *not said here* | offering | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smoke** | infinitive | offering *not said here* | | | | | upon the altar | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | participle | | a offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **offer** | | | a sweet savour unto the LORD | | | | | 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} וְהֵרִ֨ים הַכֹּהֵ֤ן מִן־הַמִּנְחָה֙ אֶת־אַזְכָּ֣רָתָ֔הּ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 2:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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