--- title: Leviticus 11:44 (JPS 1917) — For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye… · tree and pragmatics description: For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming thing that moveth upon the earth. Who acts: I, ye, swarming thing. 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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 (I, ye, swarming thing), 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:298 # text = For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming thing that moveth upon the earth. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 9 sanctify sanctify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 defile defile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 27 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 swarming swarming ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 moveth move VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sanctify** | infinitive | | yourselves | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | ye | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | I | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **defile** | shall | ye | yourselves | | | | with any manner of swarming thing | tree rules | | 6 | **move** | present | swarming thing | | | the earth | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon earth=Trajectory | 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} כִּ֣י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֒ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם֙ וִהְיִיתֶ֣ם קְדֹשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י קָד֖וֹשׁ אָ֑נִי וְלֹ֤א תְטַמְּאוּ֙ אֶת־נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם בְּכָל־הַשֶּׁ֖רֶץ הָרֹמֵ֥שׂ עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Leviticus 11:44: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.11.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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