--- title: Leviticus 13:3 (JPS 1917) — And the priest shall look upon the plague in the skin of the flesh;… · tree and pragmatics description: And the priest shall look upon the plague in the skin of the flesh; and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 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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 (priest, appearance), 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:313 # text = And the priest shall look upon the plague in the skin of the flesh; and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 25 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 conj _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 pronounce pronounce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 unclean unclean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 xcomp _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | | upon the plague in the skin of the flesh | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon plague=Theme | | 2 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive · passive | | the hair in the plague | | | | white *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the appearance of the plague | | | | | than the skin of priest's flesh; deep *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | appearance | the plague | | | | of leprosy | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | shall | the priest | | | | | on man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 6 | **pronounce** | infinitive | the priest *not said here* | priest | | | | unclean *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | 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} וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֣ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֣גַע בְּעֽוֹר־הַ֠בָּשָׂר וְשֵׂעָ֨ר בַּנֶּ֜גַע הָפַ֣ךְ ׀ לָבָ֗ן וּמַרְאֵ֤ה הַנֶּ֙גַע֙ עָמֹק֙ מֵע֣וֹר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ נֶ֥גַע צָרַ֖עַת ה֑וּא וְרָאָ֥הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְטִמֵּ֥א אֹתֽוֹ׃ [Leviticus 13:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Onkelos →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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