--- title: Leviticus 11:40 (JPS 1917) — And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Who acts: work. 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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 (work), 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:294 # text = And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 eateth eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 11 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 18 until until ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 beareth bear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 31 obj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 37 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 38 until until ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 even even NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | present | | | | | | of the carcass of even | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of carcass=Source | | 2 | **wash** | shall | work | work's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | work *not said here* | | | | until the even | unclean *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | present | | the carcass of even | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Patient | | 5 | **wash** | shall | work | work's clothes | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | work *not said here* | | | | until the even | unclean *property* | tree rules | 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} וְהָֽאֹכֵל֙ מִנִּבְלָתָ֔הּ יְכַבֵּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו וְטָמֵ֣א עַד־הָעָ֑רֶב וְהַנֹּשֵׂא֙ אֶת־נִבְלָתָ֔הּ יְכַבֵּ֥ס בְּגָדָ֖יו וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃ [Leviticus 11:40: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.40/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:LEV:294` 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 11:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.293/) - next →: [Leviticus 11:41 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.295/) - ↑ back to [Leviticus 11:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.40/)