--- title: Leviticus 1:4 (JPS 1917) — And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and i… · tree and pragmatics description: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Who acts: 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 (LORD), 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:3 # text = And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 14 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 atonement atonement NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | shall | LORD | LORD's hand | | the head of the burnt offering | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon head=Destination | | 2 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **accept** | shall · passive | | offering | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | LORD | atonement | | | | for Israel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent atonement=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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} וְסָמַ֣ךְ יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הָעֹלָ֑ה וְנִרְצָ֥ה ל֖וֹ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃ [Leviticus 1:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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