--- title: Leviticus 10:19 (JPS 1917) — And Aaron spoke unto Moses: 'Behold, this day have they offered thei… · tree and pragmatics description: And Aaron spoke unto Moses: 'Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD? 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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 (Aaron, sons, I, 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:253 # text = And Aaron spoke unto Moses: 'Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before the LORD, and there have befallen me such things as these; and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 burnt burn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 23 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 nmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ _ 46 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 53 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux _ _ 54 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 cop _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 57 advmod _ _ 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ _ 57 pleasing pleasing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Aaron | | | | | unto Moses | tree rules | | 2 | **offer** | present · perfect | sons *= son* | sons's sin offering and sons's burnt offering before the LORD | | | day | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 3 | **befall** | present · perfect | sons *= son* *not said here* | such things | me | there | | as these | tree rules | | 4 | **eat** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | I | the sin offering | | | day | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Patient | | 5 | **is** | would · perfect | offering | | | the sight of the LORD | | pleasing, well *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **offer** | | sons *= son* | | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **offer** | | sons *= son* | | | | before the LORD | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent before=obl | | 8 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה הֵ֣ן הַ֠יּוֹם הִקְרִ֨יבוּ אֶת־חַטָּאתָ֤ם וְאֶת־עֹֽלָתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּקְרֶ֥אנָה אֹתִ֖י כָּאֵ֑לֶּה וְאָכַ֤לְתִּי חַטָּאת֙ הַיּ֔וֹם הַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ [Leviticus 10:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.10.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:253` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Leviticus 10:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.252/) - next →: [Leviticus 10:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.254/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 10:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.10.19/)