--- title: Leviticus 13:2 (JPS 1917) — When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab,… · tree and pragmatics description: When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests. Who acts: man, spot. 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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 (man, spot), 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:312 # text = When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rising rising NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 scab scab NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 become become VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 appos _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | shall | a man | a rising or a scab or a bright spot | | the skin of man's flesh | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rising=Patient | | 2 | **become** | present | spot | | | | | in the skin of man's flesh *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in skin=Result | | 3 | **bring** | shall · passive | | man | | | then | unto Aaron; unto one of Aaron's sons | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **plague** | | | leprosy | | | | | nom plague «state 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} אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֙חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן א֛וֹ אֶל־אַחַ֥ד מִבָּנָ֖יו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ [Leviticus 13:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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